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Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!
Words cannot express how thankful we are for your overwhelming response to Sam's JDRF funny car design. Not only did you show up but you blew it out of the water. Sam raised the most money coming in at $6801. Even better, the whole contest raised over $84,000! UNREAL! Now remember Ford picks the winner out of the top five, so we have to wait and see. It was awesome to watch! Sam was barely in the top five and then, just like Rocky, he made a comeback!
So, as a reward for yall's awesomeness, here is a new Cover Tune Grab Bag that seems quite fitting. Once again thank you so much and God bless!
oh my! hilarious. especially the 'tiger' doing a handstand. these cover tunes make my night!! thanks!
You guys are great.
Congrats Sam!! I hope you win the whole contest.
Is it bad that everyone in our house comes running so we can all sing the "It's the Cover Tune Grab Bag" theme song as soon as it starts playing on the computer. We randomly start singing it at other times as well. It's our new favorite song!! LOL!
Nathan….was that you? Were you the tiger?…Looked so realistic, but I didn't see you with the guys so I suspect that possibly YOU were the tiger…Am I right?
Seriously, you guys make me laugh….I love you all…with as much as your music has ministered to me for the past 8 years, I was so happy to help in the JDRF race…Sam must be on top of the world right now…great job!
Thanks for the CTGB reward!
hoping that ford picks sam!
and congrats on the new baby girl 😀
thats my favorite CTGB so far…well…right behind "Staying Alive" 😛
WTG SAM!!!!! I am so excited. I hope Ford picks you.
As for the cover tune grab bag. OMgoodness!!! I have set here and laughed, cried and now have stomach cramps. That is by far the very best ever. I never dreamed that Eye of the TIGGER would be so awesome. Love the neck action, love the mess up on the guitar, love the look on Mikes face when he looks at Nate. Nate, you were amazing, I have no words, I'm laughing to hard.
YOU GUYS ROCK!!! Thanks for that really. I have had a rough day and that was the best medicine. HUGS to you all and more hugs to all your wives for living with you.
OOPS, forgot to say CONGRATS on the new baby. One friend just had their 9th and I have another friend due in Dec with #7. What a blessing!
Another great one!! "Tigger" you were simply wonderful!
Congrats Sam!!
The most wonderful thing about Tigger (er…Nate) is he's the only one! Well done gentlemen. You are the best entertainment out there. Congrats to Sam and JDRF!
1. I woke people up laughing so hard.
2. Then I had to blog about y'all.
3. Explain the tire…..or do you dare?
Y'all are too flippin' funny.
lol, at first I was disappointed not to see Nate…but then I start seeing leaves or something peak out behind the door and I just about lost it at that point…then the most amazing part…..out comes Nate, er Tigger. That was totally awesome! I think you guys should start your shows off with this song and have Nate come out in a Tigger costume. Wow, that would be amazing…just make sure you make a stop in N. CA when you do so! 🙂
err, not leave….tiger tail and Nates hand, I mean paw
Stinkin' hilarious! First of all – "Yea for Sam!" Very exciting. Second – This song was my request. I am laughing so hard! I kept wondering what was that in the background, and then when Nate came out, I lost it! Thanks guys!
Sam, I hope your car gets picked!!
Hee hee hee…..tigger! "The wonderful thing about tiggers is tiggers are wonderful things. Their tops are made out of rubber, their bottoms are made out of springs. Their flouncy, bouncy, trouncy, wouncy fun fun fun fun FUN! The wonderful thing about tiggers is Nate's the silliest one!"
Goooooooooo Tiger Tigger!!!!!
Wow. I just logged on to see how Sam's car placed and was rewarded with this gem. If supporting great causes earn us S.L.O.Bs this kind of reward, bring on the charities! I'm pretty sure I'm not the only mom on here that will never be able to look at Tigger again without bursting into fits of laughter. Does anyone elses family have a Pavlovian response to the CTGB jingle? The second it starts playing, all eyes are on the monitor, I mean even the PS2 gets paused…weird. Congrats Sam, hope we get to see your design on a car, and a cure someday soon. God bless.
Do we get a covertune grab bag bit at the concert on the 30th???
Bart, I will donate every week if my reward is CTGB's. I've never heard Eye of the TigGer. Must be on the Winnie the Pooh soundtrack or something.
Great stuff!!
Good luck Sam!! We're praying for you!
Guys, that was phenomenal! WAY TO GO, SAM!! I AM SO PROUD OF YOU! Congratulations on the new baby! I can't wait to see a pic of her and find out her name!
p.s. still would like to see Robby and Jim though 🙁
Wow! That was hilarious!
I'm so glad taht Sam won!
Thanks for the new video!!! I loved "Tigger"!!!
ROFL… I knew it was going to be hilarious being it was you all, but it is funny to see what Nate does next. I loved Tigger, I mean Tiger! =D I just do not see how you all can keep from splitting a gut with Nate around.
Congrats to Sam, here's praying he gets chosen, and may God continue to bless JDRF with all they raised. Send them the cure that takes them all out of a job!!!
Oh yes, I get the same response to CTGB if I wait until they are awake to watch. I am up too early for my family this morning. =P
Yeah, I forgot to mention. I was a bit bummed that Nate was not in this video. But his triumphal entry as Tigger was such a surprise!
That was the funniest ever. You guys are awesome! Oh, I really like the changes in the blog. Its really looking awesome!
Yay! Way to go Sam! I hope they pick your car and I hope more than anything they find a cure soon.
Loved the song! As soon as I saw the tiger tail I guessed that Nathan would be dressed as a tiger but I almost fell out to see it was Tigger instead. The wonderful thing about Nathan Tigger is MercyMe has the only one.
Nathan, Rocky is nothing compared to your Tigger.
Love you guys! 🙂
lol!!! the only one who could have done tigger better would be Charlie- well without the tire…
…What was with the tire anyway?
lol!!! the only one who could have done tigger better would be Charlie- well without the tire…
…What was with the tire anyway?
lol!!! the only one who could have done tigger better would be Charlie- well without the tire…
…What was with the tire anyway?
lol!!! the only one who could have done tigger better would be Charlie- well without the tire…
…What was with the tire anyway?
lol!!! the only one who could have done tigger better would be Charlie- well without the tire…
…What was with the tire anyway?
lol!!! the only one who could have done tigger better would be Charlie- well without the tire…
…What was with the tire anyway?
Remember. Be a tigger not an eyor! Great tune guys. Hilarious.
Every family should have a cat!
BEST ONE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the laugh!!
I don't remember which SLOBBER brought it up but it's definately HAMMER TIME!….Can't Touch This would be so awesome!!
You guys are so great to watch whether it is in a public venue or in your own private little world (which I am sure you need to have an escape). MM is one of the best talents out there and I thank God for you all so much. I have been a big fan since early on and I can only imagine (that's my little play on words)what God has in store for you guys in the future. Keep on doing your work for the Kingdom -Sheryl p.s. Bart, I need to mention that the first reason I started listening to you guys was that you look like my son and I saw a picture of you – I thought maybe he had a second job that I didn't know about
Awesome stuff!!! we love the grab bags! good luck Sam, and way to go so far. thanx for coming out here to the left coast (medford, or) and doing the show!!!! come back as often as you can, we LOVED IT!!!!!!
I was wondering where Nate was, and then BOOM!! I busted out laughing. You guys are awesome. That just made my day. I love these CTGB!!!
Good luck, Sam!!
BTW I second "Can't touch this". That would be wild!!
Hahaha! What a way to start my day. I absolutely LOVED this cover tune!! Thanks for mentioning the grab bags at your concert in Medford–otherwise I would've never known! As soon as Nate came out, my sides were hurting. Never have I laughed so much in 3 minutes!! Especially the 'Eye of the… Tire?!' that was so funny. Great job! Can't wait for the next one… and I third Can't Touch This! Oh, and Congrats to Sam! My family and I have continued to keep him in our prayers. Have a wondeful day! God bless!
My eyes are leaking again. You guys rock!!
Sam, I am proud of your artistic accomplishment. Keep up the great work.
Aaron….it was Aaron who suggested a HAMMER TIME…Genius, shear genius!
Oh and congratulations Bart and Shannon!….a little girl to lower the test…testos…Testosterone (spell check) ratio in your household.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! When I got up this morning (at 4:30!!) what a surprise to see a new CTGB!! Ya'll made my day start off great!
A big CONGRATS to Sam!!! You go boy!!!!
ROFL! I loved the wagging tail behind the door. Then out popped the hysterical. That was great!
I also want to know what's with the tire?
And congrats Sam!!!!!!
And I guess you just had another baby, Bart? A girl? I see it in some comments so… congrats!!
1st…congrats on the winning design and money donated! That is awesome and I truly hope they will find a cure!!
2nd…Oh. My. Word. I was laughing so hard I was crying. You guys make me laugh like little else can. Thank you 🙂 I, too was disappointed when I did not see Nathan at the beginning, but then I saw the tail…and figured that was him, never expecting to get Tigger!!! I could barely see through the waterworks-hillarious.
Love you guys-thanks for sharing 🙂
but you guys aint right.
OMG!!!!! This is absolutely hilarious.
Another funny one!
See ya at the Rangers game tonight!
Where exactly does one get a grown-up Tigger costume?
Hey…cute double entendre with the "D" Tiger hat!! Go Tigers! Many thanks for the wonderful concert last night in The Woodlands – great worship & fun!
You guys are truly entertainers! I want to be like you someday.
I received tickets for my birthday which was yesterday (8-1). We had great seats and you all are awesome entertainers. I took my teenage son with me and we loved it. Love the Grab Bag.
whats with the tigger suit and dance?!?!?!
angi- you can get it at a lot of places… i had a friend who dressed up as tigger for school spirit day during homecoming week because she didn't have anything else that was orange. (orange is our school color)
hahaha i loved it! especially with the tiger with the wheel. Oh yeah, nice touch! i have an idea for another cover tune… just saying. you dont have to do it, just throwing it out there, but what about Can't Touch This by MC Hammer? Or Play that funky music? Just some thoughts! You guys are amazing!
Love the eye of the tiger, or is that now "tigger"? Saw you guys in The Woodlands last night. It was an awesome worship service. Bring the rain brought me to tears. My husband is a former military man who is now serving time in prison. That is an awesome video that really hit home for me. Thank you for being messengers of God. I won't back down is my favorite song from my "BC" days. All I can say is THANKS!!!
This was too FUNNY… Love dit!!!
I remember going to a Survivor show many, many, many moons ago and don't remember them doing "Eye of the Tiger" anything like this. Your version is so much more entertaining!!! I was laughing so hard I woke my sleeping husband in the next room. Where on earth did you come up with an adult "Tigger" costume on such short notice? I can't wait for my kids to see this CTGB tomorrow since they were both big "Pooh" fans when they were younger. Maybe they'll know the significance of Tigger holding up the tire. Tigger (a/k/a Nate) looked like the very muscular "Michelin Man" from the TV commercials for Michelin tires.
My kids would love for you do "Footloose" so we could see more of that fancy footwork that you all entertain us with so well.
I thought it couldn't get any better than Hold Me Now, but it just did. That was awesome!!
Congrats, Sam! I hope your car wins.
Okay; you are REAl good … I just saw all of the clips… they all made me laugh and I needed it. I really enjoyed your concert last night in Houston!!! God Bless you all
One request for a song – Unchain Melody
Thanks 🙂
EYE OF THE TIRE…grrrreat!
Congratulations Sam! I am so proud of you!
Now where is Jim and Robby? They are missing out.
Guys awesome acoustics and great dance moves Nate! 🙂
Eye of the tire?
How fun! My 9 year old daughter is still talking about the "awsome concert" you guys did @ The Woodlands. Your band is one of my family's favorites, and what a blessing your music is.
My husband recommends "Sharp Dressed Man" by ZZ Top. I challenge you to perform "Check Yes or No" by George Strait!
Thank you all for a FANTASTIC show in Arlington. You guy were absolutely wonderful and the show definitely touched me. I'm so glad you told us about this Cover Tune Grab Bag… these are great! How about that 80s or 90s song "walk the dinosaur"??
God bless you guys, and keep the music coming. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us.
Libby Hawkins
I love these. My Hubby sends them to me when he gets to work. Then I post them on the mommy's board! We all love them!
Love the Tigger Tiger!
Have you done SHOUT? Or Manic Monday?
Love them…keep them coming!
Hmmm….Walk the dinosaur and Manic Monday….how about a combination of the two….WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN…that would be interesting!!
Ha! That's even better! Walk Like An Egyptian! Great idea, Kelley!
Libby….I figure the baggie pants would work for both Walk Like an Egyptian and Can't touch this…two fer one deal :-)~
LOL I'd just love to see the guys don those pants and PERFORM Walk Like and Egyptian…. 🙂
Once again…that was another beautiful rendition. The tire really brought the mood home.
Sam, you're the man. I look forward to seeing your artwork (much hope) on the final car. Juvie 'betics rock.
We were hoping to see you at Winter Jam in Wichita, but instead had to wait for Heartfest at World's of Fun. Truly enjoyed the evening of worship with you guys and have mightily enjoyed the website, which you did plug at Heartfest. My kids have requested some Bon Jovi for a CTGB – Conner thinks Dead or Alive. 🙂 Or he said a Veggietales song like Cheeseburger (his favorite) – or maybe some Who Let The Dogs Out… ha. Keep 'em coming – they're a treat. Thanks.
Awesome job guys, the tiger doing the handstand had me crackin up. You guys should think about doing Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" sometime soon. Just saw you guys at Heartfest at WOF in KC a couple weeks ago, really appreciated your message and how it wasn't about a performance, it was truly worship. Thanks for everything!
LOVE IT! LOVE IT! Puurrrrfect! Haha..Bring it ON!
Where did you get that imagine a cure shirt? We love that and would like to get some. The songs are great too. We look forward to each new one you guys do.
You guys this one is buy far one of my top two with ice ice baby. I went to HeartFest in Kansas City on July 19, 2008. And you guys were awesome. I'm hoping to see you guys again soon. One more thing it would be sooo cool if you guys would do a sing Nobodys Perfect by Hannah Montana on CTGB. Hope you do it!!!!!
You guys ROCK!!!! You should keep making these forever. They are soooo funny. I was laughing so hard 🙂
Keep making more 🙂
you guys r amazeingly funny the tiger in the back…histarical,u guys keep rock cause i'm 1 of ure biggest fans god bless tommy.
Love it! The tiger suit was awesome, Nate you are such a good sport. Keep up the CTGBs! Tell Sam way to go and i hope he wins.
That was hilarious. The way Bart was singing was the best.
I love the Cover Tune Grab bag….it is totally hilarious!!! Please don't stop them……..
How about "Don't <ess Around With Jim" I already have a mental cover tune grab bag in my head 4 it
i love this so much. but what would be really nice is "Take On Me" by a-ha……..
I don't know if you read all your comments, but I was crying I was laughing so hard. Now, I'll have to watch the others.
I think you could do Steven Curtis Chapman proud by covering his song "Dive". DO IT! IT WOULD ROCK!
Dudes, awesome job! Way to go Sam!! When do we get t-shirts…..
Hey guys we just saw you at Faith Day in Cincinnati. My little girl Abby loves your music and we saw your Cover Grab Bag videos and they are hilarious. My little girl would like to request your next video to be Best Of Both Worlds by Hannah Montana. My wife thinks Nate will look great in a blonde wig in the background. God Bless and Keep rockin!!
I went to Faith Day at the Great American Ball Park and I just simply adorded you guys. I hope you guys keep doing Faith Day in (lovely) Cincy, OH
And on another note, Faith Day was the first time I had ever heard of your "Cover Tune Grab Bag"…and this is a big opprotunity for me to have fun. Can you please do "Rainbow Connection" by Kermit the Frog? That would be simply amazing. And Bart, you're blog is not the stupidest blog in the world. It's pretty much amazing.
That is the funniest junk ever!!!
Hey! I heard Bart on K-Love today (radio show). And I was thinking of cover-tune-grab bag songs that you all could do! I was thinking of "Don't worry be happy," and "I can see clearly now the rain is gone" I don't know if those are actually the song titles for those but I am sure you know what I mean. I can just see you guys having lots of fun with those two songs! Have fun!
It's about time you guys worked that door into your routine. Only, I always thought your wives should come in and make fun of you behind your backs! 🙂
Please, please, please perform this (with Tigger) during your November 16th concert in Evansville, Indiana. I am bringing my daughter to the show for her 14th birthday. She is a reluctant fan, but admitted that seeing this cover tune grab bag favorite live would be nothing short of "awesome…"
Think about it 🙂
Thanks, Damon
Hey lol soo funny love the tigger suit and voice
This is the BEST CTGB By far!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Editor's note: Again, we see an example of how right wing Zionists in North America operate. Any honest criticism against the Apartheid State of Israel is attacked for being "Anti-Semitic". As I have recently written, the charge of "Anti-Semitism" is used as a weapon to silence and intimidate any progressive criticisms of Israel and imperialism.
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The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council is investigating after a Quebec mayor called Israel an apartheid regime and a country that doesn't deserve to exist on his French-language talk show.
Stéphane Gendron, host of Face à Face on V Television Network and mayor of Huntingdon, a small town 75 kilometres southwest of Montreal, made the comments on his show last month. He also said he supports a boycott of a store in Montreal that sells Israeli-made shoes.
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Former Clinton campaign aid, Mark Penn, lost his control over Microsoft's advertising budget. His new title puts him in charge of strategy.
While he lacks the skills needed for that job, his advertising campaign to attack Google invoked controversy, and his new position could be a logical departure point for his return to Washington to wage a battle for the 2016 presidential campaign.
Microsoft declined to comment on the record. A source close to the company said, "Mark Penn is NOT departing Microsoft."
Unfortunately, the reshuffling of Microsoft's executive deck chairs does not provide much insight into whether its stock price is cheap at current levels.
Who is Mark Penn? He was a political operative and pollster in Washington, D.C. before joining Microsoft. While there, he drove Scroogled -- a negative advertising campaign aimed at Google --designed to make consumers nervous about Google's privacy, according to the New York Times. While the campaign was criticized, the Times reported that Penn's supporters at Microsoft "say they have data showing it has been effective."
But Re/code reports that Penn has been stripped of his control over Microsoft's advertising budget. While Steve Ballmer was CEO, Penn was EVP of advertising and strategy. Now that Satya Nadella has taken over, Penn's new title is EVP of strategy -- with Chris Capossela becoming EVP of marketing. Control of Microsoft's advertising budget shifts from Penn -- whose domain will be limited to "new product areas and strategic investments" -- to Capossela.
To be sure, strategy is essential to Microsoft. But what does strategy mean? There are two kinds -- business unit and corporate. Business unit strategy is about what a manager should do to make her line of business -- like operating systems or cloud services -- to be the dominant player in its industry.
Corporate strategy is deciding where a company should invest and what businesses it should sell. For example, should Microsoft sell its gaming business unit? Can Microsoft invest to build a dominant position in mobile advertising? It's also about figuring out how to use corporate skills -- like engineering and marketing -- to help such business units to grow faster and more profitably.
There is little doubt that Microsoft needs a better strategy. While it has done well in cloud services -- that business has grown at 10% and enjoys 82% gross margins, it has poured resources into gaming which has yielded limited profit -- the Xbox One has an estimated 6% gross margin.
And it has largely failed to build a compelling market position in smart phones (3.6% market share), tablets (2.1%), mobile advertising (scratch), search engine marketing (18%), or social media (scratch).
To figure out Microsoft's corporate and business unit strategies requires technology industry vision, the ability to assess competitors' capabilities and whether Microsoft can prevail against the likes of Apple, Google and Facebook, and product and marketing insight.
I would bet that Mark Penn is much better at developing political attack advertisements than doing those things. At one time, Bill Gates would have been the perfect person for that job. But his strategy skill set will be tested during the third of his time that he spends advising Nadella.
It seems to me that Penn's job now is to find himself another one because there is not a good fit between his skill set and what the EVP of strategy job requires.
I believe that with the right focus -- perhaps putting most of its chips on cloud services -- where it has a 13% market share -- in a bid to take share from rivals like Amazon, IBM, Google, and Salesforce.com and spinning off the rest -- Microsoft could become a growth stock again.
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- Ensure all service calls are handled as needed. Maintain 98% ratio of suspense to open work orders. Work closely with government officials to avoid fines and penalties that would have a negative impact on our company.
- All contract service vendors are reviewed weekly to ensure service levels are maintained. This includes floor care services, linen, HVAC filters, pest control, window cleaning, fire suppression hood cleaning and inspection, fire sprinkler inspections, saw/blade repair/replacement, waste removal, grease traps, rendering, lighting, and condenser cleaning.
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- Ensure safety procedures and standard operating procedures are followed, complying with all Auditing Procedure reports identified in the Facilities Services Overview of System Procedures. Ensure vendors and contractors are properly insured and SOX procedures for all new vendors are implemented.
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Back in the spring I had the privilage of collaborating with Three Sheet who just happen to be one of my favourite Halifax musical groups. We put together an application for MuchFACT to try and secure funding to make a truly epic music video for the darkest and most politically charged song off their new album… Continue reading Official Three Sheet Music Video – No Power
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All sorts of happenings at Foster Avenue Productions!
This post is long over due, but it's not because I've been binge watching Netflix shows, it's because I've been super busy night and day, getting involved on a number of awesome projects. To start, for those of you who haven't heard, I've embarked on a crazy adventure of making my debut feature film! I've been writing strong… Continue reading All sorts of happenings at Foster Avenue Productions!
Brand New Music Video for Death Valley Driver's Carnivore's Oath
Back in the fall, I had the pleasure of collaborating with the boys in Death Valley Driver for a new music for the tune 'Carnivore's Oath' from their latest EP. We all agreed this time we wanted to do something different and really ambitious. I got inspired by the idea of doing a concept video, which basically… Continue reading Brand New Music Video for Death Valley Driver's Carnivore's Oath
Some more amazing production stills *Spoilers*
Now that Presence has been released, I wanted to take this opportunity to share some more amazing production stills from the always wonderful Krista Comeau (Please check out her other work, it's amazing!) Be aware that these images do contain spoilers, so if you haven't watched the film yet check it out HERE!
'Presence' available online!
After a fantastic festival run travelling all over the Maritimes to Colorado, Presence is finally being released for the world to see! Presence tells the story of Kyle, a young artist who is slowly driven insane after he begins to hear sounds that are not detectable by human hearing. What ensues is an exploration into the power… Continue reading 'Presence' available online!


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The measurement of light is complicated by a variety of units and concepts that are not used in other fields. For example, the 'light level' could be measured in units appropriate to the sensitivity of our eyes (lux), or by the power level (Watts) – but that's confounded by the wavelength (nano-meters, but sometimes Angstroms) and you need to think in steradians, etendue must be conserved … you get the idea.
We've written about some of these issues in earlier posts, but this is one big, complete reference manual – a kind of 'everything you wanted to know about light, but were afraid to ask' – and it's from NIST. They call it a 'Self-Study Manual' and it's a clearly written tutorial on optical radiometry.
And it's a free download. Enjoy. The test is Tuesday.
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The official title is The Self-Study Manual on Optical Radiation Measurements, edited by Fred Nicodemus


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Back to School? Consider these documents for your college-bound child.
When your child turns eighteen, and/or is heading off to college, you should consider documentation to ensure that you have the right to control your child's medical and financial decisions. When your child reaches the age of eighteen, practically, nothing changes, but legally, there are many changes. You are likely still responsible for providing living, emotional, and financial support; however, your child is now a legal adult who legally makes financial and medical decisions on her own behalf and you as the parent cannot legally make those decisions for him or her.
Health Care Directive and Living Will
These documents are not only appropriate for our aging population; they are appropriate for any adult, especially a child going off to college in a new location with the freedom that affords. If your child has a health care directive, then you as parents can easily access medical information and make medical decisions for your child if she is unable to make such decisions for herself. Absent the health care directive, a hospital or emergency room may not be legally required or allowed to notify you without your child's consent, even if you are ultimately responsible for the bill. Likewise, you may not be able to make medical decisions for your child even if she is unable to make those decisions for herself, without your child's consent. And of course, if your child suddenly becomes incapacitated, then they cannot legally give you that consent.
The health care documents should also include a living will, which is an advanced directive about life-sustaining medical treatment, and a HIPAA release allowing disclosure of sensitive medical information to parents in the event of a medical emergency.
Durable/Financial Power of Attorney
The same is true for your child's finances. Now the child has the right to sign a contract, such as for a credit card, but you have no right to apply for disability benefits or file a legal complaint on her behalf in the case of an accident. While some states provide for some practical workarounds, it is far more preferable to have these powers delineated in advance and avoid the confusion, hassle, and stress of legal or other guardianship proceedings.
Remembering to take care of these documents in advance will help ensure your family's well-being and peace of mind.


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When you were in school, you probably looked forward to lunch and recess more than any other part of the day. Even if you enjoyed your classes and your teachers, having a break at some point of the day gave you time to sit with your friends, refuel with some food and take a few minutes to relax.
New study shows gender pay gap worse than previously thought
Recent news stories have talked about how the gender pay gap has not changed much in the last 20 years, citing the statistic that women generally earn 80 cents for each dollar earned by a man. If this fact wasn't disappointing enough, a new study from the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) now shows that over the long term, women only make about 49 cents for every man's dollar.
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Many people think that earning an income works by getting a job, becoming an employee and earning a wage. However, that type of scenario does not apply to every situation. Some people choose to work as independent contractors and some employers insist that certain of their workers provide their labor as independent contractors.
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In 1963, the U.S. government enacted a law that regulates employers. Whether you work for a privately owned company, a state government agency or the federal government, the Equal Pay Act (EPA) protects you.
When do California employees get paid or unpaid meal breaks?
You may see that title and think, "What meal break?" If that's the case, then you may want to keep reading. It's possible that you should be getting a meal break but your employer is denying it.
Can my boss deduct the cost of uniforms from my paycheck?
It is understandable that your employer wants to find ways to save money. After all, any waste comes out of its profits. Your boss likely has protocol in place for inventory and may purchase generic office supplies or buy in bulk. Unfortunately, such a frugal manager may also be reluctant to allow you to work beyond your 40 hours because that would mean paying you overtime.
Are you working off the clock?
Whether you punch a clock, log in on a computer or complete a time sheet, your time is valuable. You know that an extra minute can mean the difference between gaining or losing a quarter-hour of pay. You may also know that logging more than 40 hours a week means you will receive extra pay for overtime.
Are you having a wage and hour problem at work?
Federal law requires employers to pay their hourly workers at least $7.25 per hour. Most states, including California have their own minimum wages set, with this state being at the high end of the scale at $11.00 per hour. Before you obtain gainful employment in this or any other state, you'll likely want to research current wage and hour laws.
Has your employer violated your rights when it comes to breaks?
Because working long hours can take a considerable toll on anyone, you certainly appreciate a break now and then. However, you may sometimes feel as if you do not have the ability to take breaks due to the fast-paced nature of your job or due to discouragement from your employer. If you feel uncertain about your ability to take a moment to catch your breath while on the job, you may have an interest in this area of employment law.
Deciding to join a wage and hour class action lawsuit
As a California worker, you have certain rights. Federal and California laws entitle many employees to overtime pay and also prohibit certain unfair labor practices such as "working off the clock". If you find yourself in this situation, you could have various legal options available to you. In some cases, you may have grounds to join in a wage and hour class action lawsuit.


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I created the Let's go for Hajj Activity Pack this week. It's a printable pack that is perfect to learn the steps of Hajj through play.
Muslim Parenting
Salah for Kids: Teaching Kids to Pray Salah Age by Age
Salah for Kids: Age by age guide on teaching kids to pray Salah naturally with gentle parenting techniques. This post is sponsored by My Salah Mat– an interactive prayer mat that teaches children to pray in a fun way. You can read my review of the mat here.
S is for Sleeping + Bedtime Sunnahs Book Review
Do your children have a bedtime routine? Today's post is about teaching children to sleep according to the Sunnah. I found a wonderful book this year, Bedtime Sunnah -Emulating the Prophet One Night at a Time by Alia G. Dada Published by Prolance Publications.
How to Teach Your Child to Use their Right Hand While Eating
Inside: As part of the Islamic Manners for Children Series, We discuss how to teach your child to use their right hand to eat.
Q is for Quran- Rules for Reading and handling the Holy Quran
As part of the Islamic Manners Series, we are teaching our children the Etiquettes and Rules of Handling the Holy Quran. We also talk about some of the essential manners like 'reading the Quran without Wudhu' and the proper way to read.
P is for Patience – Sabr
As part of the Islamic Manners for Children series, we learn about the letter P is for Patience. Patience in Islam is called as Sabr.
How to Teach Children to Fast in Ramadan
Ramadan Fasting for Kids: How to teach children to fast in Ramadan, why you shouldn't let a child Fast before they are the right age, what can go wrong and how to cope. Sample Intermittent Fasting Plan for little children plus a book to help you talk to your child.
Kindness to Parents- Teaching Children How To be Kind to Their Parents
As part of the Islamic Manners for Children, we studied the word Kind and learnt about Kindness to Parents in Islam. We talked about what it means and ways to be kind to parents.
My Salah Mat – Innovative Islamic Toy Review
Are you looking for Innovative Islamic toys for your children? Today I am reviewing My Salah Mat – an Interactive prayer rug for children that we have fallen in love with. I'd like to talk about how it is helping my children LOVE to pray Salah even without reminding them!
Ramadan Themed Invitation to play – Lantern Play dough Mats
Inside: Lantern Play dough Mats – a fun way to play with Play dough. It is for our Ramadan themed invitation to play. Make a decorate a lantern with our free playdough mats.


text: After a few days in Ubud we decided to head back to the coast for a night. Uluwatu seems to have become a lot busier over the last 2 years since we were last here. A lot more accommodation on offer with plenty more being constructed. It is a beautiful bit of coastline without all the rubbish and crap surrounding the beach like in Kuta! Never got to get out for a surf unfortunately, probably would have drowned and got dragged across the rocks like a rag doll if I had tried though. I woke up early the following morning to take a few photos of everybody else enjoying themselves instead. We are back in a routine again and enjoying being on the bikes hence we didn't stick around long.


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I get so sick of those telephone people calling all the time. "Yes this is Associates Credit and we want …" Well, here is an effective way to get them to quit calling.
Caller: Hello this is (company or item being sold) and we would like to speak to (whoever). Are they available?
Me: Yeah. (Long silence) You wanna talk to em?
Caller: Um, Yes please. Thank you.
Me: Well, I'm not gonna give them the phone. (I was about 13 when I tried this)
Caller: Little girl, let me speak with you mother or …
Me: Or what?
Caller: I just …"
Me: hang on please …
Caller: (mumbling) finally … I hate kids …
Me: (leaves phone unattended for ten minutes, picks up phone and to my surprise she is still there, disguise my voice) Hello, this is (whoever), may I help you?
Caller: Yes, I am from –
Me: Hold please
Caller: (sigh)
Me: (no longer disguising my voice but faking crying ten minutes later) I have no friends … it would be nice to have a friend, seeing how persistent you are, maybe you would like to be my friend??
Caller: (exasperated) LET ME SPEAK WITH YOUR MOTHER!!
Me: UGH ok!
Caller: Jeez …
Me: (leaves phone unattended for ten more minutes, disguises voice) Hello I'm back, I was in the bathroom. I have had this terrible pain in my stomach and it makes me –
Caller: MA'AM!! Hello, I am from (company) and I was –
Me: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Caller: Ma'am?? Ma'am is everything alright???? Ma'am!!
Me: Sorry, I saw what I thought was a bug. It was an old raisin. Do you like raisins? I like em, they do give me gas sometimes and –
Caller: Mrs. (whoever) I am from (company) and I was wondering –
Me: Why did you interrupt me? That was rude. I was just going to tell you that raisins get stuck in my teeth sometimes and my husband gets dia –
Caller: Ma'am I really am not interested in what happens when you eat raisins and –
Me: I am really not interested in whatever you want to sell me … (no longer disguising my voice)
Caller: YOU! Please, I am begging you let me talk to your mother …
Me: Oh … She is not here. But, I still have no friends and …:)
Caller: OGHUGHG!! (hangs up LOUDLY)
The funniest part of the story is my mother was sitting next to me the whole time holding another phone, listening to the whole thing …..
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You have to play to the level of the job you want, not the one youre on.
I was working dinner theater shows in the 80s. Anyone that has ever done these things knows you will end up playing the same music night after night for months on end. It can be a bit boring and I was dealing with this frustration when confronted by an interesting and life changing concept.
The Bass player on the shows was a very strange guy. He had been a homeless alcoholic a few years earlier and was now dry and very eccentric. His name was Dean.
I started hanging out with him because he knew all the great thrift stores in the area and always wore the coolest old clothes. He took me all over and I got some really cool old stuff to wear at these shows, every night, sometimes 9 shows a week. He also knew the really cool places, total holes in the wall, to eat, so lunch was never boring when on an excursion with Dean.
One day, out and about with Dean, he shared an interesting thought. He said too many musicians play down to the jobs they are on. He said that, even if they had been more talented than the job they were on, that they would start to play down to the job they now played. He said it became self fulfilling prophesy.
He told me he had learned that you have to play at a higher level than the bread and butter gig you were on. He shared about a teacher that told him he had to play to the level of the job he wanted, not the one he was on.
As he explained it, it made really good sense. He said, if you play down to this musical level around you, no one would ever walk in and see you as a guy that should be on the big stage doing a big show. If enough people walked in and think you are amazing and going to be a big star one day; one day someone will be offering a great gig; the kind of gig you really want to do next.
It took a little while to set in, but I realized he was totally right.
I started taking this little dinner theater like a union, Broadway show. I found myself working with the tuner on those doubles, recording performances and practicing parts I thought I played fine just last month.
Over the next 6-8 months I worked my way out of that job. When I finally left the gig, the leader was calling me Greg Bail cuz I was never there anymore. He just gave the gig to the regular sub that was doing 80% of the shows, and I was out of there, making 3 times the money, and grateful for all the practice time.>
It was some months later that I ran across that music director and he told me Dean was gone. He had done an audition for the China National Symphony and got a job playing double bass, moved to China, lived in one of those boats in a port city, married a beautiful Chinese girl and was really digging life.
I was stunned for a minute but then it made perfect sense to me. He was back to visit a year later and looked me up. We just laughed as I reminded him of the story he shared with me. It has been years now since I last heard about Dean but I do think of him every now and then and wish him health, happiness and continued success
Thanks Dean for sharing not only a concept, but being a great example.
Play to the level of the job you think you should be on and you will be. Keep the dreams alive. Put a picture on the wall and you will see it happen. I know I have, time and time again.
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U17 World Cup Diaries: An event to remeber but where do we go from here?
It was not quite the send off everyone had in mind. After starting with a whimper and then simmering into something extraordinary in the middle, India ultimately fizzled out of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup.
Not without resounding memories though, for the night of October 9 will forever remain etched in the memories of sports lovers throughout the country.
The expectations of one and all at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium on that famous night was burgeoned instantly when Jeakson Singh rose above one and all to head home a late corner.
A hint of those expectations were on display en route to the stadium. Tricolours were out in greater numbers and there were many more vendors making a living off painting the Indian flag on fans' faces than previous match days.
While Luis Norton's boys had played their hearts out on Monday night, it had ultimately not been enough. A similar resistance and grit would have been required for their face off with Ghana who have been exciting to watch with the ball all tournament long but seemed to have forgotten their finishing boots back at home.
Everyone who came into the stadium on Friday came in with that knowledge and even the press box was generally subdued after revelling in Jeakson Singh's historic goal the other night.
The evening built up gently with a Group B encounter between Mali and New Zealand to start things off. The stadium wore an empty look for the majority of this encounter but gradually the throngs of supporters started streaming in.
By the time the hosts were ready to take the field, the arena had grown a familiar look to that of Monday. The national anthems were sung with abundant fervour and that seemed to have fired up the Indians when play kicked off.
For much of the first half, the Boys in Blue dealt with the threat of the mighty Africans. Once again the crowd lent its voice in full flow and every defensive tackle or goalkeeper save was met with resounding cheers.
Unfortunately for India, on this night Ghana ultimately showed up when it most mattered. Having scored just a solitary goal so far in the tournament, the Africans banged in four in the match.
India's resistance had been broken towards the end of the first period and for much of the second, they looked completely out of sorts.
All the build-up and preparation for two years had led up to this World Cup and on Friday night it was all over.
India had dreamt of a World Cup participation for long and it had now lived to see that day. It might not have been the most poignant of ends to its maiden campaign but through the one week, the seeds of a brighter and more optimistic future might well have been sown.
The team still got a standing ovation despite the margin on the scoreboard and it was well deserved. Perhaps Thursday's result will be a stark reminder of how far Indian football still needs to go.
The official attendance for the night read a massive 52,614. There is no denying that the hosts have been backed to the core throughout the tournament. There has been no shortage of support.
The question though, which needs to be asked, is where do we go from here? Much attention and support has been rallied behind the team for the prestigious competition in the last two years or so.
The governing bodies, fans and the media have all come together to back the Boys in Blue in their maiden quest. No youth generation has indeed received such attention in Indian football ever and as such they should be perhaps valued as such.
One can hope that the AIFF continues to invest in this current bunch for the best part of the next decade. Once the World Cup is over, the current level of attention and hype will probably fade and so will the headlines they generate.
It is important that those 21 boys are not forgotten. In fact, it is highly imperative that the flame they have ignited is never allowed to extinguish.
The massive efforts in the past two years notwithstanding, the real work probably begins now. If there needs to be a lasting legacy of the Under-17 World Cup in the country, it should be that of the start of a football revolution.
It is time we bridge the gaps with world-class teams and the progress of the class of 2017 should probably remain the benchmark of our football development in the coming years.
The World Cup for India might be over but the show is just starting.


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For the past year, Android malware authors have been increasingly relying on a solid trick for bypassing Google's security scans and sneaking malicious apps into the official Play Store.
The trick relies on the use of a technique that's quite common in desktop-based malware, but which in the last year is also becoming popular on the Android market.
The technique involves the usage of "droppers," a term denoting a dual or multiple-stage infection process in which the first stage malware is often a simplistic threat with limited capabilities, and its main role is to gain a foothold on a device in order to download more potent threats.
Droppers are very effective on the mobile scene
But while on desktop environments droppers aren't particularly efficient, as the widespread use of antivirus software detects them and their second-stage payloads, the technique is quite effective on the mobile scene.
This is because most mobile phones don't use an antivirus, and there's no on-device threat scanner to catch the second-stage payloads.
This means that the only security measures that are in place are the security scans that Google runs before approving an app to be listed on the Play Store.
Malware authors have realized in the past years that Google has a very hard time picking up "droppers" hidden in legitimate apps. For the past years, more and more malware operations have adopted this trick of splitting their code in two —a dropper and the actual malware.
The reason is that droppers require a smaller number of permissions and exhibit limited behavior that could be classified as malicious. Furthermore, adding timers that delay the execution of any malicious code with a few hours also helps the malware remain undetected during Google's scans.
These simple tricks allow tiny pieces of malicious code to slip inside the Play Store hidden in all sorts of apps, of many categories.
Once users run the apps, which in most cases do what they advertise, the malicious code executes, the droppers asks for various permissions, and if it gets them, then it downloads a far more potent malware.
Dropper use aided mobile banking trojans the most
The trick has been used predominantly by malware authors spreading versions of the Exobot, LokiBot, and BankBot mobile banking trojan but has also been adopted in the meantime by many others.
Security researchers from ThreatFabric have blogged about the increased usage, popularity, and efficiency of dropper apps on the Play Store in May 2017, August 2017, September 2017, November 2017, and January 2018, describing attacks with Android banking malware strains such as BankBot (Anubis I), BankBot (Anubis II), Red Alert 2.0/2.1, LokiBot, and Exobot. Symantec and ESET have warned about this in the past as well.
This month, the technique was once more highlighted in an IBM X-Force report describing a recent distribution campaign for the Anubis II malware, one of the most recent BankBot variants.
"The campaign features at least 10 malicious downloaders disguised as various applications, all of which fetch mobile banking Trojans that run on Android-based devices," the IBM team said. "While the number of downloaders may seem modest, each of those apps can fetch more than 1,000 samples from the criminal's command-and-control (C&C) servers."
DaaS — Downloader-as-a-Service
This recent trend of using similar-looking malware dropper apps (also referred to as malware downloaders) has led IBM experts to believe that some cybercrime gangs are now running a "downloader-as-a-service" (DaaS) operation, in which they are renting "install space" on their dropper apps to other multiple groups at the same time.
This explains why most droppers look the same and sometimes distribute a wide variety of payloads, and not just one malware alone.
In fact, this is exactly what appears to be happening, according to Gaetan van Diemen, a security researcher with ThreatFabric, who shared his knowledge with Bleeping Computer earlier today and confirmed IBM's theory of DaaS services being available for Android malware operators.
"In the Android banking malware ecosystem, it is quite common for threat actors to buy so called 'loader' (dropper) services from other actors," van Diemen says.
"The reason for this MO to become more popular is because it allows a wider distribution of the malware from a 'trusted' source (the Google Play Store) and therefore attains a larger number of victims. This resulted in a new business model where installations in google play are sold to malware actors."
Mobile malware devs just mimicking the desktop market
In hindsight, this isn't that surprising because this is exactly what's happening on the desktop market where running a dropper operation for other criminal groups is a much more financially viable business than running an actual banking trojan.
For example, this week Symantec released a report highlighting how the infamous and very dangerous Emotet banking trojan has slowly turned into a dropper and is now renting space and distributing other banking trojans with which it once used to compete.
Google's uphill battle
The growing popularity of malicious Android dropper apps is also one of the reasons Google has launched the Play Protect service, a security feature built into the official Play Store app that continuously scans locally installed apps for malicious behavior in the hopes of finding malicious modifications in local apps it did not pick up during the Play Store approval process.
But van Diemen believes Google is at a disadvantage, at least, for now.
"It is quite difficult to detect dropper apps," the expert told us. "As you can imagine threat actors will put a lot of energy in keeping those apps undetected."
"For example, some dropper apps' malicious code only becomes active when it receives a command from the C&C server (meaning that without a certain delay or certain actions, the behavior of the app will seem benign). In some cases, the malicious banking malware is only dropped based on a certain delay or when the dropper app (for example a game) is intensively used on the device."
Such techniques seem simple enough but are somewhat hard to replicate and detect inside automated testing environments. It is hard to simulate an app's intensive use at the large scale Google needs to check and re-check the millions of apps uploaded on the Play Store. But van Diemen points out that Google could look and factor in additional indicators of malicious activity when performing its scans.
"What is surprising is that there is quite some intelligence and technical information about those droppers (publicly) available that could allow Google to detect these apps with ease," van Diemen told Bleeping Computer. "The Exobot campaign for example still uses a similar dropper app code than the first time it was found, in this case, we can even confirm that it is the same dropper panel still being used. Such information should have been used by Google's internal malware scanner (Bouncer) or Google Play Protect."
"Interestingly enough, we have also observed that most AV's also failed in detecting the dropper campaigns (sometimes for years), meaning that some awareness needs to be raised on the topic," the expert added.


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About Your Speaker: Wendy Myers
Wendy Myers is founder of MyersDetox.com. She is a detox expert, functional diagnostic nutritionist and NES Bioenergetic Practitioner in Los Angeles, CA. She is the #1 bestselling author of Limitless Energy: How to Detox Toxic Metals to End Exhaustion and Chronic Fatigue and the host of theheavymetaslssummit.com. Wendy currently hosts two podcasts, the Live to 110 Podcast about detox and the Supercharged Podcast about NES Health Bioenergetics. Passionate about the importance of detox to live a long disease free life, she created the revolutionary Myers Detox Protocol after working with thousands of clients.


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How do you learn the skills you need to manage and overcome your depression? How do you protect your relationship with your partner when you are suffering from depression? Are you and your partner experiencing feelings and moments of isolation and separation?
Depression is a stressor on relationships for both the person with the condition and for their partner and their children. It can change the whole family atmosphere. Research shows that both husbands and wives of depressed partners often express intense feelings of anger, helplessness, and withdrawal. They have difficulties in adjusting to the condition of their partner and feel isolated. They often feel that they have no one with whom to share their emotions. Spouses experience stress and fatigue as they often assume not only their usual responsibilities but also those of their partners. Furthermore they feel powerless to help their loved ones and to protect themselves from the condition.
When not treated, depression can have a profound impact on the sufferers, their partners, their children, and the wider social system. This condition brings partners face to face with challenged relationships. It disrupts the normal give and take and support in relationships. As a marriage and family therapist, I acknowledge the relational dimension of the depression and take it into consideration in the therapeutic process. I am passionate about helping couples move out of negative and painful patterns of relating to rich relationships that enhance their lives.
Although it may be hard for you to make the call for your first appointment, reaching out for the help you need is one of the bravest things you can do. Individual and couples therapy that focuses on the impact of depression on relationships may be the very thing that saves you relationship. You can learn the skills you need.
San Diego Couples and Family Therapy provides counseling in the convenient area of Sorrento Valley Road. We also serve the surrounding areas of La Jolla, UTC San Diego, Del Mar, University City, Rancho Santa Fe, Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Penasquitos, Poway and Escondido.


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Performance levels are fast becoming the new currency in healthcare. After all, quality scores are the primary way that plans are rated for quality care delivery and billions of dollars in reimbursements hinge on quality ratings.
Topics: Nurse Advice Lines, Gap Closure, News, Outbound Engagement, Patient Engagement
At the current growth rate, high deductible insurance plans offered through employers will predominate within four years. This has broad implications, which are only beginning to be felt.
Topics: Patient Engagement
It's important to realize that there isn't a single silver bullet that will solve all your patient experience problems.
Topics: Patient Engagement
One of the biggest challenges healthcare organizations face today is patient engagement. At Citra, we define successful engagement as:
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We knew from the very beginning that Cradle was built to support companies with global ambition, whether they were already established or working towards reaching that goal. Like us, First Table was inspired and founded in New Zealand (Queenstown), to help businesses (restaurants in their case) better connect to their existing and new customers. Their concept is quite compelling: get 50% off of your food if you are an early bird customer. That was enough of an incentive for us to leave work early one day to dine at one of our favorite Malaysian spots, Mutiara.
It tasted as good as it looks!
Lucky for us, we were their first customers of the day and got preferential service as soon as we arrived. It helped being early birds as our food came out piping hot and fast! I am usually the type to always order the same thing (you gotta try their butter prawns) but the half priced mains compelled us to try something new, without forgetting those buttery goodness, of course. The meal was superbly satisfying, even more so after seeing our bill!☺
Nothing beats a firsthand experience of your customer's own product or service, as we have with several of our best customers. More importantly, it helps us better empathise with their customers' pain points (if any) and translate these experiential moments into our own product's design and service offering.
A sweet deal for delicious food
Bread and Butter: First Table offers half-price meals on participating restaurants' first table of the night. For diners, it's a great way to discover new restaurants that, otherwise, might not have been considered. For restaurants, it solves the age-old problem of slow starts to dinner trade.
Operations: They have a growing team based in their native NZ, Australia, and U.K.
Customers: They have over 700 restaurants that serve tens of thousands of adventurous foodies in 13 global cities.
Phone Setup: They had a NZ landline number for inbound support.
When we first talked to First Table in 2017 they were just a young startup (like us) with mostly presence in New Zealand. Their support team also worked remotely so they needed a phone solution that could work anywhere that they worked.
First Table Team
What was the single most important problem that you were looking to solve with a new phone system?
Flexibility of coverage — having anyone in the team be able to login remotely to cover phone queries as we are based in multiple cities across the globe. Some of us also work remotely so staying connected with our customers on one phone system is critical.
Since Cradle was designed for full global coverage from the very beginning, we were able to provide a phone solution that would not only support their initial NZ based operation, but also scale as they continued to expand globally (with rocket ship speed). They now have teams in Australia and U.K. and they were able to add new employees to Cradle and configure new routing schemes with just a few clicks.
How has Cradle helped resolve your challenges? Which feature was key?
Being reachable anytime and anywhere with no restrictions other than the ones we have chosen to personalise Cradle to our needs.
What delighted you the most?
Being able to advertise just the one number, with the ability to have other staff members log on when required.
What are still some challenges that have yet to be fixed?
None so far!
Your overall experience with using Cradle and any anecdotes, perhaps?
Fantastic support team that were on the ball and on hand to answer any queries. Very receptive to feedback.


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That swig of beer may come with more than alcohol and hops — it may also contain a dose of tiny plastic particles, reveals a new study in the journal Food Additives Contaminants: Part A.Scientists refer to these little fragments as "microplastics," since they're less than one-fifth of an inch long.
The researchers tested 24 brands of German beer for microplastics, and found that every last bottle was contaminated with the stuff. (Another gross-out factor: One brand even contained a nearly whole insect, and three had glass shards floating around.)
Related: Why Ramen Noodles Could Cut Your Life Short
So how does plastic make its way into so many brews? The contamination most likely happens during the filtration and bottling processes, study author Gerd Liebezeit, Ph.D., told Yahoo Health. "There is evidence from the literature that filter material can be found in beer," he said. "And tap water used for washing beer bottles before filling may also contain small amounts of particles." Although his study was conducted in Germany, the beer production process is fairly universal across the globe — at least among large producers — said Liebezeit, who noted, "This problem probably occurs everywhere."
And it's not just beer you have to worry about. "Microplastic contamination is everywhere — in the air, in fresh and ocean waters, in the aquatic food chain, in human food," said Liebezeit. That means we're likely ingesting the tiny bits of plastic through multiple routes; research has so far detected microplastics in honey, soda, tap water, and some types of seafood.
There are two types of microplastics: First are the little fragments created when trash, such as plastic bags, breaks down. Then there are the microbeads found in cosmetics and toiletries, like toothpaste and facial scrubs, said Kirk Havens of the Center for Coastal Resources Management at the College of William and Mary, who researches microplastics. Both make their way into our water supply—and can infiltrate food-manufacturing processes (as with beer), or are consumed by marine organisms, such as mollusks.
Related: Deadly Allergy Attacks at 30,000 Feet: Nuts Are to Blame
The tiny fragments readily absorb harmful chemicals, such as pesticides, also contaminating the water. "If you get enough organisms consuming [the microplastics], and they get eaten by larger organisms, they ultimately get into the food web that we as humans are interested in eating," explained Havens. Case in point: If you eat just six mussels, you'll take in about 90 microplastic particles, according to a new study in Environmental Pollution. Six oysters equals around 50 particles. The researchers estimate that serious shellfish consumers take in up to 11,000 bits of plastic per year.
Does this pose a risk to human health? "That's still an uncertainty," said Havens. As the authors of the Environmental Pollution study write, "Due to the complexity of estimating microplastic toxicity, estimations of the potential risks for human health posed by microplastics in food stuffs is not yet possible." However, animal studies have shown that microplastic particles are able to pass from the gut into surrounding tissue, causing inflammation, and that hazardous chemicals hitching a ride on the particles may, in fact, be absorbed into the body, said Liebezeit. "Allergic reactions may possibly also result from exposure to contaminant-laden microplastics," he added.
Some states are already taking action to reduce the environmental load of microplastics, which can linger up to 1,000 years, by some estimates, once they contaminate a body of water, said Liebezeit. In New York and California, legislation has been introduced to ban microbeads from self-care products. Illinois has already barred their use (although biodegradable plastics are still allowed). Some cities, like Seattle, have prohibited plastic bags.
So how can you limit your exposure—and the damage you do to the environment? It's presently tough to identify which foods pose the greatest risk, so Havens suggests limiting (or cutting out) your use of microbead-containing cosmetics and toiletries. To identify them, simply scan the ingredients list for "polyethyelene," an indicator that the tube or bottle contains plastic particles.


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What Is Thermal Imaging?
Because unseen water damage has the potential to compromise the integrity of your home or office building, being able to see what's going on inside a structure is essential. However, it's costly and impractical to tear down walls and dig into flooring. This is where thermal imaging comes in. Using infrared cameras, our thermal imaging experts can see where potential problems exist and even locate source points for leaks and dampness that can lead to damage and mold growth.
Further Benefits Of Thermal Imaging Include:
- Locating existing and potential problems in a structure in a non-invasive manner
- Identifying the source of water leaks and other water intrusions quickly
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Infrared thermal imaging is an important tool that enables us to see all aspects of your property and identify potential issues before they escalate into large, costly problems.
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A man airlifted to hospital after a shoreline rescue near Portree was described as "improving" by local police more than a week after the dramatic incident.
In what turned out to be a multi-agency on July 22 involving ambulance, coastguard, police and RNLI personnel a middle aged man was located and given emergency assistance after apparently falling on the rocky shoreline at Bearreraig Bay close to the Storr Lochs hydro electric plant.
On arrival at the scene Portree's RNLI inflatable was used to put crew members ashore.
Members of the public - incliuding a ten-year-old boy and 14 year-old boy - originally raised the alarm. The 14-year-old ran up to the top of the steep slope nearby to phone for assistance and also brought down blankets to assist the casualty on the beach.
Eventually he was stretchered to the Coastguard Search and Rescue helicopter which managed to land nearby before being flown to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness for emergency treatment


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Steroids for asthma exacerbations is commonly used by doctors. Asthma is characterized by many patients with recurrent exacerbations. Asthma exacerbations fill emergency rooms and are a major cause of hospitalizations. In the ER the treatment consists primarily of albuterol and systemic steroids. Albuterol is readily given at home, but oral steroids such as prednisone or medrol dose packs are not routinely prescribed for home use. Here we look at whether if it could be given to patients before the need for urgent medical care.
What is an Asthma Exacerbation?
Acute asthma is when the symptoms become more frequent or severe and do not improve with albuterol. This can lead to prolonged respiratory symptoms that interfere with sleep and activity and lead to urgent care or hospitalizations. Airways swell up and mucus secretions narrow the bronchioles.
Can oral steroids help asthma exacerbations?
Past studies have shown high dose systemic steroids in the emergency room decreased the frequency of hospital admissions as early as 3 hours after treatment. If steroids work quickly in the ER, the question that should be asked is it more effective if its administered at home?
Do high dose inhaled steroids work for exacerbations?
This is a strategy used by many doctors. At the onset of asthma exacerbations, many physicians recommend increasing the dose of inhaled steroids, sometimes giving 5X the amount of the maintenance dose. Multiple studies have shown that this does not work.
Do oral steroids work for asthma exacerbations?
Prednisone or prednisolone are commonly given for asthma flare ups. Studies have shown reductions in asthma symptoms, health resource use and school absenteeism. Another study showed 90% fewer hospitalizations in the treatment group compared to a group who received placebo. Overall, there seems to be significant beneficial effects from early steroid administration.
Which patients would benefit most from oral steroids?
Some studies have shown only a modest improvement with oral steroids as some patients spontaneously improve. Guidelines recommend a dose of 1-2 mg/kg/day for children, with an upper dosage of 60mg. Preschool children who have exacerbations with viral illnesses have shown an absence of benefit from oral steroids. Studies have shown the earlier the administration of steroids decreased hospital admission rates and length of treatment, supporting the use of giving it at home.
What are the risks of giving oral steroids?
Prolonged use of daily steroids is associated with growth suppression, change in body habitus and bone demineralization. However, short courses of oral steroids does not seem to show that risk.
Providing albuterol for patients with acute asthma is routinely done for all patients. But perhaps having oral steroids (prednisone) on hand for acute exacerbations is rational. Using it in a timely manner can decreased morbidity, urgent care and hospitalizations. Although routine of it is not recommended, if you have the need to use frequent oral steroids, speak to your asthma doctor about using or stepping on your controller medication.
When is the best time to take an asthma controller inhaler?


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Finding travel insurance that suits you and your budget can be difficult if you're among nearly 130,000 people thought to suffer from Parkinson's disease. Whether you're getting away to explore, embark on an adventure or just relax in the sunshine, planning a holiday should be carefree. Here at Fish, we're proud to be working with travel experts Ancile Insurance to help you find the right cover for your trip. Travel Insurance from Ancile ensures you're covered for everything you need, while you get on with planning your adventure.Get a quote from Ancile >
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