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Salient Features and Description Of Finance Manager
(Version 1.1.0)
ONSPEC Finance Manager, application software for the seamless collection, archival and retrieval for all financial accounting information. The main aim of the application is to provide one simple data entry mechanism, whereby achieving an extremely high level of reports. Thus with only a few simple data entry forms the user is able to generate highly advanced reports such trial balance report, profit and loss account and balance sheet report.
The following are a few salient features:
1. Capable of running under multiple operating systems.
The application provides different version for different operating systems, including Win98 / Windows NT. The system is also capable to connection to multiple databases including Access, Oracle and MS-SQL.
2. In built Security System.
The security system is in-built so that no unauthorized access is possible. In fact even though the application will use the Internet bandwidth to replicate itself, it would be impossible to gain unauthorized access except password theft.
3. In built database management tool.
The system provides an in-built tool for database backup, restore and clean. Thus providing flexibility at the end user level.
4. Complete chart of accounts in one window (fully graphical).
The application is provided with its own data pager, which will transmit any data to be sent to replication sites and receive acknowledgements. The data pager will provide a log of all the data communication activities and also show the addresses of the replication sites. There is no limit on the number of replications sites but the only limiting factor is the Internet connection speed.
5. Real-time reports; Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss, Trial Balance, Ratio Analysis and Leger Reports.
The complete application is designed using object-oriented technology, where all procedures and functions are broken down into objects or classes. All the objects are then collected to form the application. Object-oriented technology provides the advantage of robustness to the application.
6. Unlimited graphical representation of data.
The user has an option to create unlimited graphical representations of the actual data on his computer screen. This feature will give the users an actual feel of the data.
7. Complete Tracking of Sales and Collections.
The system will provide a complete tracking of the entire organizations sales and collections, one of main concerns of large organizations like NFL.
8. Automatic Inventory entry for any stock movement.
The application will remove all redundancy in data entry. Thus as soon as any transaction such as delivery order, stock transfer or rake disposal occur; the corresponding stocks will get automatically updated.
9. Automatic financial entry of any sales.
Similarly all financial transactions will also be completed. This includes raising a section voucher and adjusting the party balance.
10. Automatic collection and reporting of MIS data
Once all the data is accumulated at a common server the users will be able to view the status of any of the MIS reports at any time. These reports require a great deal of time and effort in preparation, which the application will remove.
11. Custom Taxation Structure (User Defined)
Once all the data is accumulated at a common server the users will be able to view the status of any of the MIS reports at any time. These reports require a great deal of time and effort in preparation, which the application will remove.
Given below are the data collection methods:
1. Vouchers.
2. Invoice.
3. Purchase Order (Inward Invoice).
4. Delivery Order (Supply).
5. Delivery Order (Purchase).
Once the above data is accumulated a magnitude of reports can be generated from it.
An advanced end user is free to use his expertise and create is own reports in MS-Excel (MS-Office) using the data access methods provided.
An advanced end user is free to use his expertise and create is own reports in MS-Excel (MS-Office) using the data access methods provided.
Some of in-built reports are given below:
1. Balance Sheet Report
All three delivery-orders automatically generate an invoice. Given above is a sample invoice generated for a warehouse delivery order.
2. Profit and Loss Report
The stock report shows the stocks as per area-office or as per warehouse for a product. The user has the option to set the period of the report.
The report shows the opening balance, receipts, Disposal and closing balance.
3. Ratio Analysis Report
The system will generate a rake disposal statement complete with annexure I, showing the wagon-wise details, annexure II, showing the rake point sale and annexure III showing the warehouse transfers.
The system shall automatically look-up the rake point sale invoices for a particular rake and construct the annexure II. The system will also automatically search the stock transfer notes from construct annexure III.
The system provides a complete method of account for receipts for rakes.
4. Trial Balance Report
The detailed rake statement shows all the rakes received from a particular unit or all the rakes received to a particular area-office.
The user has the option to select which report he wants to view.
5. Fixed Assets Register
The ECA Statement is a simple way to archive important data such a Opening Stock, Dispatches, Availability, Cumulative Sales
6. Cash in Bank - Ledgers
This reports shows the production from the various plants and its respective dispatches.
7. Cash in Hand - Ledgers
This reports contains all the yearly sales figures from the invoices prepared. This report is useful in getting a monthly comparison of sales figures for any product and state. This reports gives the user a graphical representation of the sales. A function to refresh the values from the database is provided.
8. Sundry debtors - Ledgers
This reports shows the sales and collections status of all the are-offices in state. A daily, monthly and Seasonal break-up is also available. This report also shows the dispatches and targets.
9. Stock in Trade - Ledgers
This report will also give the percentage achievement of targets. This report is useful at the area level as well as at the CMO.
10. Tax Deductions - Ledgers
The yearly comparison report shows a break-up of the sale of different products over a period of 8 years.
11. Investments - Ledger
The annual sales and stock summary shows a month-wise, quarter-wise and seasonal-wise of total receipts and sales along with opening and closing balances.
12. Loans and Advances - Ledger
A section voucher can be printed for documentation purposes. All the financial transactions relating to the voucher are depicted along with the amount. This report all shows all the auto-generated Vouchers from sales invoices.
13. Share Capital Register
Similar to a Section Voucher, payment voucher can be printed. The user has the option to select the period or voucher numbers to print.
14. Reserves and Surplus Account
Similar to a Section Voucher, receipt voucher can be printed. The user has the option to select the period or voucher numbers to print.
15. Sundry Ceditors Ledgers
An acknowledgement can also printed and submitted to the customer. The Acknowledgement shows details of all the Cheque, DD and cash received.
16. Sales Register
The sale daybook shows all the sales for a period. It can be printed for any day, month or year. The option is available to choose the dates. This reports shows the transactions state-wise.
17. Purchase Register
The section daybook shows the transactions for a section.
The report is categorized party-wise.
18. Administration Expense Account
The cash daybook shows the transactions for the cash section.
19. Depreciation Register
The bank daybook shows the transactions for the bank section.
20. Consolidated Ledger Reports
The cash/bank daybook shows the transactions for the cash section and bank section combined.
The software also provides for the printing of the following documents:
21. Vouchers
The cash journal shows all the transaction of cash.
22. Invoices
The reports provides a ledger of the sundry debtors.
23. Purchase Orders
This report provides a reconciliation of the DDs received and Dos issued.
24. Delivery Orders
This report shows the personal ledger of the marketing account code. Thus it is possible to obtain the personal expenses ledger of the marketing staff by using their account codes.
The magnitude of the above reports indicates the amount of books, which NFL will not need to maintain, once the system is implemented. All the above reports are presently maintained individually at multiple levels such as Area Office, Zonal Offices and CMO. Once ONSPEC ERP – I is introduced all the above reports will be completely automated.
ONSPEC ERP – I also provides tools for administration and Supervisory Control.
Given below are such tools:
1. Financial Period Selection
The warehouse stock master is an explorer style window, which shows all the area office on the left. Once the user selects any area office it shows all warehouse for the area office in the upper right plane.
Once the user selects any warehouse it shows all the transactions of the warehouse. Thus giving the user instant access to information and not having reply of compiled reports, which may contain old data. This option will also reduce the need to print and circulate stock reports.
2. Ratio Editor
The Voucher Console is a graphical representation of all vouchers prepared on a particular day. Thus a supervisory can open the console and see all the vouchers being prepared by this department.
He can authorize them on-line or make them for withhold payment. The console will also show is total bank / cash position at one glance including receivables. This feature will provide the complete picture to the finance operator of the application.
3. Security Editor functions.
The Security Editor is used to create new users and specify their right, privileges and roles. Only the Admin can access editor.
The security editor can be used to over-write any forgotten passwords or authorization codes.
4. Create Backup or Compact Database.
The mail pager is a separate application, which is used to send and receive data from any replication address. The pager keeps track of all activities of the user and then transmits the information over the Internet to its recipients. Once the recipients successful obtain the information they send back an electronic acknowledgement to the sender. The pager also keeps a log of all its activities.
5. On-line user guidance and help.
The backup and restore application is used to create a backup of the database. The backup data can be restored at any time using this same application.
The application also provides a way to clean the database and restore from a backup. It is essential that only an administrator access this application since cleaning a database may result in data loss. This application is used only for upkeep of the system.


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The Body Shop Chamomile Silky Cleansing Oil– This is a pretty new discovery of mine, and after just a few uses I can already honestly say it's awesome. This is the first actual oil that I've used on my skin- I've always avoided them before because of my combination/ oily skin- and though using it is a little scary, it really is incredible for removing makeup. I tend to use this on days when I'm wearing a blush that stains or a higher coverage foundation. *I've used this to remove eye makeup a couple of times now, and though it removes, it also leaves my eyesight a little blurry. So, note to self, getting makeup removing oils in your eyes doesn't hurt, but it is rather uncomfortable being visually impaired.*
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Source: Birmingham City Battalion; Book of Honour page 10
Praised by the General
The General Commanding the Division addressed the Brigade on September 8th, thanking them for the part they had played in an offensive which had been, on the whole, successful, making special mention of the bravery of the 14th Warwicks. To them he specially addressed these words :
"The 2nd King's Own Scottish Borderers and the 14th Royal Warwickshire Regiment advanced gloriously and with the utmost gallantry. Their advance was witnessed by officers of the General Staff. I am sorry that the Brigade failed to carry through their objective, through no fault of yours. The advance was pressed on with the utmost determination and perseverance.
You have had bad luck in the last three shows, the two previous ones being in the High Wood and Wood Lane area, but I know that whatever the 13th Brigade are asked to do in the future they can be relied upon to carry through as they have done in the past. Thank you very much for all you have done. By advancing as you did under hellish artillery and machine-gun lire you did something better than if you had succeeded. I can trust the 13th Brigade to do anything on earth."
These consoling words were uttered near Luzewood, a place the Battalions were glad to leave. The wood had ceased to exist as such, although a few bare and battered tree trunks stood amongst the churned-up network of shell craters. Broken and twisted masses of timber littered the ground, hiding to some extent the bodies of the slain – Briton and Bosche – many of which remained when the Battalion was relieved.
At this time the Colonel took over the command of the Brigade for a period, and a major temporarily commanded the 14th Battalion. He had under him only 20 officers and 537 other ranks (about half strength) until drafts arrived from home. And then only young and inexperienced officers were available; but the spirit of the men remained good, even while bivouaced in a "sea of stinking mud," to quote the words of one of their officers.
In spite of those hard times the Battalions showed no sign of staleness when again called upon to join in the offensive early in September. They were then in the neighbourhood of Morval, half way between Bapaume on the north and Peronne on the south, and although their part of the day's work was made easier on this occasion by the demoralisation of the enemy, it is satisfactory to read in the official record that "all ranks acted splendidly and carried out orders as if on parade." The price paid for this praise was fifty casualties. On this occasion there was a creeping barrage to support the advance. On the other hand, the enemy's heavy artillery, machine-gun fire and rifle volleys showed that this was by no means a surprise attack.
A few men reached their objective, but they were not strong enough in numbers to hold the ground they had gained without further support. In other parts of the line less opposition was met with and the artillery preparation was better, so, on the whole, the affair was successful. The Battalions had the satisfaction of seeing many German prisoners brought in through the Quadrilateral, and soon afterwards, with their ranks again depleted, they took over some of the captured trenches north of the Quadrilateral. 'They advanced again during the afternoon, and dug themselves in on the slopes west of Morval and east of the Sunlien Road. This difficult piece of work was completed in pitch darkness, without a hitch and without a casualty.
In October the Battalion occupied waterlogged trenches near Givenchy, and had much ado to make them safe. By way of relieving the monotony a second lieutenant led a party of men into some German saps. Bombs were thrown in three of these saps and about a dozen Germans were put out of action. When proceeding down a fourth the young officer shot a German sentry with his revolver, and as this did not prevent the Bosche from showing fight, he finished off the German with his last bomb. The lieutenant stayed in this sap a quarter of an hour trying to capture a prisoner, but he was only able to secure two rifles, one of which lie brought back for identification purposes.
The weather in November was against such 'stunts,' but valuable information was obtained by a lieutenant and a private, who entered the enemy's trenches to reconnoitre. In December, the first of these two again led more patrols, but, owing to, the thickness of the enemy's wiring, he did not get far on these occasions.
Any exchange of courtesies on Christmas Day was prevented by an intense bombardment which was kept up by the British Artillery for four days. The beginning of 1917 was ushered in with New Year's honours, the Colonel getting the D.S.O. and a sergeant the D.C.M. Special mention was made in despatches of two officers. The occasion was celebrated by consuming a postponed Xmas dinner in a rest camp. There the Battalion bade 'Au Revoir' to its second in command, he having been put in charge of a training depot for the Brigade.


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I was looking for evidence about the former head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn and its relationship to the refuge granted by Switzerland to the child abuser Roman Polanski and came across this staunch, rather strange defence of the former:
So far it has yet to be established that DSK, along with his duties at the Head of the International Monetary Fund was anything other than a predator of females above the age of consent , but like the Savile case, where the rich and powerful are concerned, such evidence can be a long time coming.
So we'll wait.
But it reminded me that in the long running dispute I had on CiF and The Untrusted about Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the mob, headed by the people's barrister BeautifulBurnout chanted alone and in unison "he's innocent until proven guilty". {words coined by the English lawyer Sir William Garrow (1760–1840)}
So I'm rather surprised given her history of defending rich and powerful men, that MrsB, Backtothepoint and the rest of the cabal (Montana excluded as she took a far more appropriate position as I recall) haven't come out more strongly in defence of the former disc jockey Jimmy Savile. After all, there's been no conviction, so as far as MrsB is concerned, like her defence of DSK, everything about Savile is, to quote her, S P E C U L A T I O N.
Isn't that right MrsB?
Those who feel this is rather below the belt, given what has subsequently become known about DSK and Savile might like to examine the evidence – well cited as usual.
First in her defence MrsB, told us, that when she was young, she was quite besotted with the younger DSK. (citation required here MrsB please.) So in a way it was not surprising that when DSK was dragged off that Air France plane in handcuffs and dramatically arrested and detained in New York, MrsB plunged into the Guardian's CiF' with a strident defence of the sexual predator, starting with a scandelous attack on ATL writer Jennifer Abel:
You are wrong, and erecting the same strawman that so many have erected in this regard. I am going to repost here an extract of something I posted elsewhere yesterday.
Needless to say she did repost and equally came to regret her certainty and her initial scornful response to her former hero's arrest. As Aspadana noted,
As I recall, I think you said something about putting your tinfoil hat on and then in a separate comment conceding in response to another poster, you shouldn't be speculating.
And despite seven more posts on the thread, MrsB declined the opportunity to deny the "tinfoil hat" suggestion, so I must assume Aspadana is correct. It's certainly in line with her defence of that other alleged rapist Julian Assange, where she said the claims of the two women who were saying he'd sexually assaulted them were a pile of steaming crap.
Of course Jennifer Abel wasn't wrong, quite the contrary and obtained an abject apology from MrsB who had ended her post with this rather peculiar conclusion:
Incidentally, as far as I can tell, neither DSK nor his legal team have ever admitted sexual activity took place at all. I recall his lawyer saying something along the lines of "We strenuously deny the allegation that non-consensual sex took place" but they have never admitted sex actually took place.
To which the ever perceptive cafedescargot responded about the discovery of DSK's semen on the housekeeper Ms Diallo's clothes:
No one, not even the maid is claiming that sexual intercourse took place and the crime of rape is not on the charge sheet – although attempted rape is, as it is in Strauss-Kahn's native country France.
DNA transference.?
I suppose it's just conceivable that the Head of the International Monetary Fund might be walking around with his semen on his clothes or person in such a way that as he was saying goodbye to the maid with typical French gusto, planting an air kiss above each cheek, some of that semen might just have transferred to the maid's clothing.
But it's not very likely is it?
As an aside I dare say MrsB's favourite lawyer the notorious wife beater George Carman would have wrung from her substantial damages, had Jennifer Abel pursued this libel in court.
MrsB had accused Nafissatou Diallo, the black housekeeper the hotel had assigned to clean DSK's suite of Lying in her asylum application and because of this the people's barrister felt she could dismiss all other accusations Ms Diallo might have made.
And as we all know, if those smart lawyers who protected DSK and condemned Nafissatou Diallo to an ignomy she never deserved, had done this to one of MrsB's asylum seeking clients, quite rightly she'd have posted the news around the web.
BeautifulBurnout has of late, earned some of her living supporting those who have sought, but been denied asylum in the United Kingdom. It is a largely thankless task and one which I suggest requires her to ignore, or at least explain some of the "lying" her asylum seekers have needed to engage in, in order to gain entry to her country.
So why was she so quick to condemn Nafissatou Diallo, whose only "crime" was to lie in order to move from one of the world's poorest, most violent countries to one of its richest.
Needless to say, Jennifer Abel corrected MrsB, pointing out at length, the reality faced by asylum seekers in the USA.
Not that this prevented MrsB committing herself to an even more abject obeisance to DSK. Reminding us that DSK had a pre-arranged meeting with Angela Merkel, she wrote:
He would have had to have taken the flight when he did, allowing for time zones, to get there in time. As I say, it is all speculation……
To which the ever aware Cafedescargot reponded:
But he had an open ticket for any Air France flight leaving New York and they're at 16:40 – the one he was on, 18.15, and 19.15 and another with a stop over in Montreal at 19.55. All of which would have got him to his meeting in time. And of course he could have phoned his staff to delay the meeting on his mobile phone he hadn't left at the hotel.
And Aspadana delivered the coup de grâce:
It's hardly news that some asylum seekers hype their claims for asylum – I'm shocked you're shocked. You're free to opine about my lack of understanding in those complex matters, I'm free to laugh my ass off about that and the fact you've spent so much of your time and effort attempting to, what appears to me, try this case on behalf of Mr. Straus-Kahn, on the same blog you scold others for their speculation.
And of course MrsB wasn't shocked, she was merely dissembling. And for that she paid a heavy price, again courtesy of Aspadana:
No, what you've been doing for the most part is countering speculation with more speculation, letting fly with accusations that others erect straw arguments when they've merely trying to inform / correct you, or that others simply don't know what they're talking about if they disagree with you in any way. You'll forgive me if I don't bother to respond directly to the childish outburst and ad hominem on which you ended your post. Aside, where you wrote: I actually quite enjoy doing it and it certainly beats watching shit on the telly, it occurred to me that's the problem right there – I feel the issue deserves more respect than this, as I've made clear before I'm simply opposed to rape trial by media, attacks made on complainents based on what people think they know. It simply leaves me cold. (my emphasis)
The "ad hominem "on which you ended your post" MrsB was – Ciao for now. Kiss-kiss.
So here is MrsB, the champion of asylum seekers dismissing someone who's asking her to consider an asylum seeker in the USA as worthy of support, before giving that support to one of the most powerful administrators of the capitalism she despises so much.
Update 1
MrsB has responded on the Untrusted:
Just had a look at the Stalker's site. He is carrying on arguments from months ago with me, it seems. Again. A complete nutter. How very sad to spend one's life rehashing old grudges against people you will never meet.
You mean arguments like these?
29 September 2012 4:35PM
Response to Wellcitedevidence, 29 September 2012 3:17PM
Oh! I didn't realise you'd taken that directly from the Shitey-Bitey-Site!
Stalker got a minion now, eh? Bless. :o)
BeautifulBurnout 6 Sep 2012, 10:23PM
i think it an insult to put bracken & bitey* in the same category.
Great minds, Herm. Couldn't agree with you more.
BeautifulBurnout 24 Jul 2012, 10:22PM
Evening all
You've got to admit, Ron Porkworthy is a bloody funny nick. :o)
And not, that is most definitely not Bitey, Shazz.
Ascerbic wit was never Bitey's forte.
"RonPorkworthy" is the Bill Hicks of Cif; Bitey the Perez Hilton.
(And I agree that Herm, who rocks.)
BeautifulBurnout 14 Jul 2012, 1:58PM
Wouldn't you be happier on Bitey's blog, Tara? There's a whole raft of distortion and bitching goes on over there and it never gets modded, apparently.
BeautifulBurnout 5 Jun 2012, 9:50PM
You appear to have too much Bitey inside your head.
Can ECT cure that?
And just to set MrsB's mind at rest about my social life, this weekend I entertained two friends and among other things, went to see this guy live.
Update 2
So fripouille has joined the Untrusted cabal to add his wisdom to the discussion. And what wisdom. Responding to MrsB's psychoanalysis of my condition:
Wotcha BB! "How very sad to spend one's life rehashing old grudges against people you will never meet."
Such giddy heights – a barrister and a psychoanalyst – has MrsB attained.
To which MrsB responded:
Indeedy, Fripouille. Sadly there are some nutters out there, though. No accounting for folk.
Of course fripouille, no one in almost 400 years has met either Cromwell or Charles 1st but it doesn't stop the "rehashing of old grudges".
Fripouille needs to understand that this is about politics as much as anything and as such is a quite legitimate area of enquiry. Only someone totally lacking in a response would ascribe the condition of madness to their opponent. Let others speak:
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
Isaac Newton
The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness.
Jean Cocteau
"Nothing can be more slightly defined than the line of demarcation between sanity and insanity … Make the definition too narrow, it becomes meaningless; make it too wide, and the whole human race becomes involved in the dragnet. In strictness we are all mad when we give way to passion, to prejudice, to vice, to vanity; but if all the passionate, prejudiced and vain people were to be locked up as lunatics, who is to keep the key to the asylum?"
(Editorial, The Times, 22 July 1853)
Update 3
And here's MrsB making comedic light of Savile's abuse when the story first broke:
Response to Leopold1904, 9 February 2012 10:39AM
Seville – wasn't he something to do with that group Marmalade?
Sure you're not thinking of Chris Barber…?
(Got my coat on already…)
So much for falsely accusing posters of paedophilia when you can joke about the likes of Savile.


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The Weekend Pass section of the Washington Post's Express free tabloid on Thursday promoted a photography exhibit glorifying Occupy Wall Street. Over a full-page photo of Occupiers climbing the statue in McPherson Square was the headline "Picturing Protest: The Occupy movement's early days come into focus with an exhibit of photos at American University."
The Post's Katie Auerbach explained the exhibit features photos blown up to near-life-size proportions for their "emotional impact." The exhibit's curator Allison Nordstrom insisted "We picked them for a level of drama and the way the pictures created a feeling. As you move through the exhibition, our hope is that you end up feeling like you're a part of it."
It's bad enough that The Washington Post promoted the Occupy crowds while their protests were the hot ticket in liberal progaganda, but celebrating them as American History now that they're moved on to irrelevance in the current election year demonstrates their heartfelt sympathy.
In the middle of this emotionally impactful celebration of the Occupiers were photos from (former?) Post photographer Lucian Perkins, including the one the Post splayed on the cover of the Weekend Pass section.
In 30 years of photographing protests in Washington, Lucian Perkins had never encountered a demonstration that lasted as long as the Occupy movement, whose participants camped in D.C. parks for several months through the winter cold.
He'd never found himself tracking his subjects through cryptic, 140-character missives, either.
"Twitter turned out to be really handy for me," says Perkins, a former Washington Post photographer who, along with others, shot the encampments over the past year for the nonprofit photography collective Facing Change: Documenting America. "I subscribed to probably eight or nine Twitter accounts of people involved in Occupy, who wrote about what they were doing daily."
The images he and other Facing Change photographers captured of Occupiers are now part of an exhibition at American University's Katzen Arts Center. "Occupy This!" chronicles the first months of the loosely knit nationwide (and, eventually, worldwide) movement, that intended to call attention to perceived social and economic inequality and sprang up last fall following the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City.


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by Jennifer Rush
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (January 1, 2013)
Language: English
They were made to forget. But they'll never forgive.At a Glance:
Everything about Anna's life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch, at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their farmhouse. There's Nick, solemn and brooding; Cas, light-hearted and playful; Trev, smart and caring; and Sam... who's stolen Anna's heart.
When the Branch decides it's time to take the boys, Sam stages an escape. Anna's father pushes her to go with them, making Sam promise to keep her away from the Branch, at all costs.
On the run, with her father's warning in her head, Anna begins to doubt everything she thought she knew about herself. She soon discovers that she and Sam are connected in more ways than either of them expected. And if they're both going to survive, they must piece together the clues of their past before the Branch catches up to them and steals it all away.
Altered was a Jason Bourne x 4, action-packed, shoot 'em-up adventure. It keeps you on your toes throughout with danger around every corner, and people you never know if you can trust. If you're looking for a quick-moving, thrill-ride, with a little romance and a whole lot of bloodshed, you've found your book.
I have to admit, I felt a little awkward carrying this one around. I mean......
So. Much. Action. If you are squeamish at all, this is not the book for you. I'm not sure I've ever read a book that just had the blatant blowing-people's-heads-off-blood-splattering-brain-matter-flying that this book had. It's preeeety gruesome.
Not my favorite romance, but it was ok. Anna begins the book obsessed with Sam, she goes through the book obsessed with Sam, and she ends the book obsessed with Sam. It was a little needy for my taste, and I never had the feeling that Sam was as passionate about her, but it was still a nice addition to the main storyline. And am I nuts, or what? I kind of wanted her to like Nick. Yeah, of course he's the bad boy.
I liked Anna because she was strong, loyal, and intelligent. She got on my nerves a little from the above mentioned. Mostly, she was just a great character to read. I liked that there was more to her that what meets the eye.
Sam was completely likable, though slightly boring. He was definitely tough and protective, but he just didn't seem to be too complex or interesting. All was not lost, though. The combination of all four boys, and the dynamic between them was just awesome. I loved the banter between them! Especially Trev, Cass and Nick. There were times I just busted out laughing from their antics.
Favorite Supporting Character:
This is a complex question......
Something I loved:
The boys. They were so fun! Also, the plot twists and blind-sides.
Something(s) I hated:
Some of the big "puzzles" they had to figure out were just a little too easy. There was one part in particular, where the boys couldn't figure something out and Anna finally had a big "AHA!" moment, and it seemed obvious, and it should have been obvious to those super intelligent guys.
Not too bad. This is the first in the series, but it comes to a nice resolution.
Would I recommend it?
Yes, if you like Jason Bourne type books with lots of action!
Will I buy/keep it?
Yeah, I'll keep my ARC.
Book Doppelgangers:
False Memory by Dan Krokos
- Profanity: Heavy
- Violence: Very Heavy


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1. we need a realtime renderer. this sequence of "ah, I have a transcendental meromorphic function I want to visualize, I shall type it into my favorite software package and make a picture, and wait to see the result"'s days is numbered. By the time that rolls around, spending laboriously long time proving extremely persnickety results is going to be dated.
A. it would be good if it could Q or SL(2,Z) highlight images.
B. It would be nice to have a mathematician orientated special functions/fractal platform running over cuda, one that could make things as easy as Adobe Illustrator in some ways.
2. You've got a copy of Wegert's Visual Complex Functions and NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions, right? Also worth looking at is the Bateman project, Abramowitz and Stegun, Gasper's book about hypergeometric series, and the Tata lectures on theta functions. It would be nice to start working through that material.
3. You've read Jim Belk and Bradley Forrest's A Thompson Group for the Basilica… it would be nice if we could make videos of these transformations for arbitrary things.
4. Do not trust one renderer. That having been said, we need to agree on a hue model (which is mostly settled at the present?) Why? So we can encode sheaf-theoretic information in it! (Nevanlinna theoretic information as well)
5. If you write a paper about some transcendental meromorphic function which varies on a parameter, make a movie and post it to youtube along with the paper, or on your site.
6. This 'dip it in formaldehyde, move like insects' is dangerously slow.
7. Moar pictures. And don't list points. Make a picture.
8. It would be nice if we could figure out a way for the nonprofessional mathematicians (Burner/Fractaltribe types) to contribute in a meaningful way. But at the moment everything is so Balkanized that there are a lot of disparate communities making very very slow progress on one thing or another.
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Switzerland XVs Women's Nati loses Test Match against Germany
Women's XVs Test Match: Switzerland 0 - 29 Germany
Konstanz, 10.09.2017 - The Swiss Women's XVs National team (World Rugby Ranking 37) took on Germany (ranked 20th) in a Test Match to kick off the new XVs Women's Test Match season, after a one-day training camp on the day before.
On a beautiful day on on the shores of Lake Konstanz, a scenic body of water spanning Switzerland and Germany, the two countries' National Women's sides met in their annual summer fixture for the 3rd time in as many years.
Both teams started off tentatively, exchanging ball possession and attacking opportunities in the first quarter of the encounter. It was the Germans who were able to capitalize first, with center Steffi Gruber touching down for the first try of the match after 24 minutes of scoreless play. The Germans, encouraged by their first notches on the scoreboard, managed to get over the line two more times in the opening half, with the teams heqding for the sheds at a halftime score of 0-17.
In the second half, Switzerland was able to make some readjustments and to ward off German pressure, while creating a few good scoring opportunities themselves. Unable to capitalize on any of them, it was Germany who got on the scoreboard again in the 60th minute, with Number 8 Eilisa Trick touching down for a try, making the score 0-22. WHile it was again Switzerland who then dominated ball possession in the last quarter of the enoucnter, they were once again unable to transform any scoring opportunity into points. Finally, it was Germany again who had the last word, with Captain Friedericke Kempter dashing in from the 22 for a try, converted by winger Julia Braun. Final score: 0-29 to Germany.
For Switzerland, this was the start of a new cycle under new head coach Emanuel Revert, with many new young players joining the squad for the first time. This is the start of a 13-month preparation culminating in the Rugby Europe Women's Trophy, to be played in October 2018.
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Los Angeles, CA: Materia (the Grubbs' catalyst folks) are hiring two process chemists: a Ph.D.-level one and a B.S./M.S.-level one. Good luck!
Boston, MA: Aramco Services is looking for a B.S.-level chemist; looks to be polymer/nanomaterials-oriented.
Spring Valley, NY: Adecco is looking for a "Sales Assistant with Inorganic Chemistry Background":
The Inorganic Chemical Sales Assistant should have a degree in Chemistry specializing in inorganic chemistry specifically and have strong analytic and mathematical skills . While this is a sales support position, the Sales Assistant will be working with technical documents and must understand and be able to communicate with the Sales Engineers and customers about details of chemical products.40-50k; could be worse, I'm guessing.
Joy: I love how this cheminformatics position with St. Jude's wants someone with a computer science degree.
The 'Cheminformatics Analyst' position is in my lab. I wanted to clarify the job posting. The job description states this person 'assists the CBT Cheminformaticist with computing resources for cheminformatics' and will be developing software applications, hence the background in CS. Apologies if the job title is a bit ambiguous.He also provides some other positions that I'll be highlighting today.
Ahhhhhhh, Aldrich: Gotta love the combination of Kelly and Aldrich trolling for chemical operators:
A leading manufacturer of chemicals is in need of several Operators to join their team! These are perfect positions for individuals with a chemistry or related degree, with a year of industry experience who is seeking a foot in the door type of position.
As a Chemical Operator, you will be able to;
- Monitor chemical reactions using analytical and laboratory equipment
- Perform distillations, filtrations, extractions and re-crystallizations
- Record data in laboratory notebooks
- Label reactions, products, and waste with content and status related information
An associates degree or higher, in a science field, is required. Experience may be able to replace a degree.Someone please tell me that this position isn't as bad as it looks. It's probably not. Right? Right? Someone with Aldrich experience, what are these positions like?


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Offering Medical Education in China
Qualification for Application
Those who are in good health and abide by the laws and regulations of People's
Republic of China and the regulations of
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Requirements for applicants:
Grade twelve (10+2)
A-level or equivalent
M.6 (Thailand)
STPM (Malaysia)
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Indian Pre-University
Unified Examination Certificate (UEC)
Australian University Foundation Programmes
Diploma in Science
Diploma in Microbiology
International Baccalaureate (IB)
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Minimum 60 % score in science subjects (PCB): Physics, Chemistry, and
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5+1 year (Including one year internship)
Students can choose to do the internship/training in China, their home country or any
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Dr Janet Brady is an Organisational Linguist specialising in professional communication.
Her multi-faceted career includes a variety of roles in business intelligence services, personal development and corporate training, and management consulting.
Her varied experience across all industries has enabled Janet to accumulate extensive knowledge and the practical understanding of how people interact and communicate at work. Janet's curiosity about misunderstandings between different groups of professionals in her workplace led to a postgraduate diploma in communication in professions and organisations.
Learning how linguistics is used to improve practice, Janet undertook a PhD which focused on the professional socialisation of managers in a Global 500 company. Janet is now using her research findings to help managers achieve their work-related goals by communicating more effectively.


text: 1. Where in your life do you feel split? or What are you confused about? 2. How are You not following the truth of your heart? 3. In what situation in your life do you collapse? What are you not motivated to do in this situation? 4. What are you holding onto that is coming in the way of you being happy and fulfilled in the present - negative expectations, criticisms, grudges or resentments? 5. What are you most afraid of? 6. In what way do you feel constrained so it is difficult for you to make plans and go into action to achieve your goals?


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In autumn 2009 Philip Morris International (PMI) adopted a PR plan to defeat the display ban in Ireland and to delay its passage through the UK parliament. It intended to do this through third parties such as retailers' associations, which the company labelled "trade stakeholders", or Members of Parliament, called 'political stakeholders'.
Also see the page on Philip Morris' Regulatory Litigation Action Plan Against the Display Ban.
The Draft Communication Plan
PMI's draft Communication Plan, which was leaked to the SmokinGate website, [1] said that:
- We are facing a POSD [Point of Sale Display Ban] proposal in the UK ... This would be the fourth country in the world to do this and the second in the EU after Ireland. There is potential that if it passes it will lead to a further wave of countries adopting such legislation.
- Our objective is to overturn the Irish legislation and also delay passage of of the pending POSD ban bill in the UK. By taking a stance on these types of legislation we intend to show that PMI will not stand by as governments impose regulations that are extreme, untethered to public health and just serve to shift the legal tobacco products to a market dominated by counterfeit and contraband.
The Communications Objective was to "Generate media coverage to raise awareness of the Irish court case and thus discourage the UK parliament for passing pending legislation on a POSD ban."
The Stakeholders
The PMI Communications Plan identified key "stakeholders", with which to approach with "key messages from PMI":
- Tobacco Retailers Alliance
- Tobacco Manufacturers' Association
- Federation of Small Businesses
- National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NRFN)
- Association of Convenience Stores
- British Retail Consortium
- British Brands Group
- Confederation of British Industry
- Noctis
- The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMA)
- Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA)
- Scottish Grocers' Federation
The Politicians
PMI also identified key senior politicians to target in the then Labour government, such as Lord Mandelson, the then Business Secretary; Nick Brown, the then Chief Whip; and Harriet Harman, the Leader of the House. Senior Conservatives targeted included Mike Penning and Earl Howe, Shadow Health Ministers, Ken Clarke, the Shadow Business Secretary, and Alan Duncan, then Shadow Leader, along with Liberal Democrats such as Lord Clement-Jones, the Shadow Culture Minister.
The PR Companies
PMI used four PR companies in its campaign:
- Transatlantic Public Affairs
Project Clarity
In spring 2010, following the passage of the Display Ban bill through parliament, PMI mounted a new campaign to "create a post-election political environment that allows Government decision-makers to mitigate, through regulation or legislation, the effects of the POSD ban".
As well as a lawsuit, the plan included "Project Clarity – Grassroots campaign" against the ban by the National Federation of Retail Newsagents. The leaked documents noted that "Retailers are essential to campaign success, so must be parties to the lawsuit and must take the lead in the communication effort".
PMI organised "meetings / calls with trade associations /key accounts to finalise deliverables and messaging" including with the NFRN; the ACS; the British Retail Consortium; Confederation of British Industry; and Leicestershire Asian Business Association (LABA).
The Project Clarity campaign also included drawing up a "target list" of Prospective Parliamentary Candidates, including mail outs and four regional events and campaign launch at NRFN's spring conference. It also included media training for the NFRN spokesperson.
In April 2010 an article appeared in the London Evening Standard stating that "The Tories back industry appeal against cigarette display law". [2]
In response an email between Philip Morris and Gardant stated: "Don't know if you saw this, but this is hugely important. Directly attributable to the grassroots effort".
The "UK POSD Action Plan"
In the autumn of 2010, PMI launched another grassroots campaign, this time trying to recruit "100 active, supportive and committed MPs" as well as using the Leicestershire Asian Business Association (LABA) and other groups such as the NFRN and ACS.
The leaked Smokingate documents reveal the purpose of the campaign was to "build political pressure within the government for the DH [Department of Health] to remove the POSD plan. The plan is to secure 100 active, supportive and committed MPs who will, should there be a free vote on a repeal or retreat, elect to vote to support the local retailers in their constituency."
The campaign was "designed to enable the retailers to talk directly to their MPs, for the commercial arguments to outweigh all other criteria and for the MPs to see local, regional and national benefit in siding with their local corner store and community shop".
Key stakeholders to be targeted included Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and the Under Secretary of State for Health Anne Milton, with the following key messages from letters from NFRN, ACS, LABA, and the US Chamber of Commerce:
- impact on small retailers
- lack of evidence to support the ban
- youth smoking prevalence has not declined in Ireland since the display ban has been implemented
- better regulatory options exist
- illicit trade
- if the Government is not comfortable implementing the POSD ban they should delay the implementation.
Other politicians, advisers and civil servants targeted were:
- Vince Cable, the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
- Mark Prisk the Minister for Business and Enterprise
- Graeme Sandell, the Assistant Director (Health, Social Care & Pharmaceuticals) at Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
- Andy Coulson, the Prime Minister's then media adviser
- Steve Hilton, the director of strategy for David Cameron
- Oliver Letwin, Minister of State at the Cabinet Office
- Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General
- Earl Howe, as well as 40 or so other MPs.
PMI also intended to hold "Third Party Stakeholder meetings" with the following organisations:
- Association of Convenience Stores
- National Federation of Retail Newsagents
- Leicestershire Asian Business Association
- Federation of Small Business
- The TaxPayers' Alliance
- Big Brother Watch
- The Freedom Association
- Tobacco Manufacturers' Association
- Tobacco Retailers Alliance
- London Chamber of Commerce [3]
The grassroots plan also contemplated a "LABA retail poll -- poll of retailers across the UK to highlight the views on the POSD ban. Results to be published on the LABA website and provided to MPs as part of the LABA political engagements." However, on LABA's website there is no mention of the PMI link. [4]
Coordinated with Other Companies
PMI coordinated its campaign with other tobacco companies, such as Imperial Tobacco. Although having met Jacqueline Burrows, head of group public and political affairs at Imperial Tobacco, as well as Imperial's Head of Group Corporate Affairs, Philip Morris noted that:
- "Imperial believes that given their status and history in the market, they will NOT be able to stand in the background letting the retailers speak out as much as we might desire".
- ↑ SmokinGate, Philip Morris in Secret Cooperation With a British Health Minister, 20 December, 2011
- ↑ Nick Goodway, "Tories back industry appeal against cigarette display law" Evening Standard, 26 April 2010, Accessed January 2012
- ↑ PMI, UK POSD Action Plan, Undated
- ↑ LABA Website, Accessed January 2012


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Glass Fusion
We are still offering nightlights, jewelry, wind chimes, sun-catchers and picture frames on a walk-in basis, while supplies last. See details below…
A little background on our limited offerings at the moment.
Clear and white glass have become scarce in the U.S. In 2016, two of the main manufacturers supplying the United States with fusible glass went out of business. Consumers have been operating on the reserve, but the supply has become greatly depleted. We can no longer get access to white or clear fusible glass and keep our prices within reason.
There is a new company that has just begun production and it is hoping to restock the wholesalers across the U.S. However, it will take time, and right now the competition for the available glass is intense. For these reasons, we are reducing our walk-in glass to smaller projects until we use up our supply or until we can start purchasing glass more readily again.
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Monday, April 25, 2016
V.A.-"MECHANICAL SOULS - A Tribute To H. R. GIGER" released with DOWHATTHOUWILT (Greece)!!!!!!!!
"This is a compilation of 32 bands, over 3 hours duration
in Style Dark Ambient, Expiremental, Neofolk, Cinematographic Ambient, Noise, Neoclassical, etc ..
Songs associated with H. R. Giger and his art and recorded
for this purpose by the bands.
Besides the download of the cover the download of the back cover and an insert with comments about H. R. Giger from the bands is provided."
1.Beyond Life - Murder
2.Anuskabinett - Macht & Ohnmacht
3.BSIS (Black Snow In Summer) - Doubtful
4.DeepDark - Aliens
5.Austras Laiwan - De Avibus Et Conchis
6.Celestial Coordinate System - Alien Landscapes
7.Matija Malatestinic - Behind
8.Oneirich - Giger's Spell
9.Vlimmer - Silberrevolution
10.Zatan - Power and Powerlessness
11. The Illusion Of Silence (TIOS) - The White Summer
12.The Null Spectre - Mnemonic Plague
13.Josef Nadek - Of Fairlec And Spines
14.Zumaia - Execution
15.St. Atom Heart - Das Haus von Hans Rudolf Giger
16.Phantasm Nocturnes - Astro Eunuchs
17.Filament - The Lost Cosmonaut
18.Northwind - Saturnus Luna
19.Lezet - Jodorowsky's Spice
20.Mean Flow - Raspy Howl
21.M.Nomized - Biomechanic Land
22.Farmacia - Oveja Negra
23.Res B - It All Happened In A Bay Of Panthalassa
24.Rauppwar - The Ritual
25.Nobodisoundz - Shore Waves
26.No Way Out - Biomecanique
27.Tiphareth - Metatron (The Voice of God)
28.ASHTORETH - Channeling Misantronics -The Homonymy
29.Buttfromagun - Acryl Auf Papier
30.Bonechurch - Giger City I
31.Grodock - Dephts
32.Dr. NoiseM - Ephedrin
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Lezet's contribution:
Mastered and edited by "Do What Thou Wilt Records".
Released at 25 Apirl 2016
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Friday, April 22, 2016
V.A. - "Droid-Tunes Sonic Sickness 2016" released with DROID-TUNES (USA)!!!!
VA - Droid-Tunes Sonic Sickness 2016
by VA
Yearly compilation album from Droid-Tunes. Thanks to the many artists who contributed this year! Means a lot and I won't forget it! -Mike
Track 4 & 5 originally released in 1999 as "Music To Listen To When You're Dead" on Jazzassin Records. Tracks 11, 17 & 22 from the Newgrounds Audio Portal.
Featured artists: Anus Presley, Oral vs Anal Murder, Foltergeist , Dr.NoiseM, Infinity of 6, Mean Flow, Mike D'Amato,Meat Blinder, Dirty Purity, Deep Thraot Choker, Ravemala Kohage, Power Skeleton, Circle of Shit, Untitled Climax, Emo Piss Pen, Transformer Sex, Infernal Empty, Lackthrow, Internal Empty, Zumaia, Hippy Laser Beams, Isufferable, Lezet, Saint De L Abime, Event Horizon, M.Nomized, SRVTR, THE BARE,Adarcah, Otaku Molester, Dissecting Men.
free download: https://archive.org/details/SonicSicknessComp
Published April 20, 2016
Topics Harsh noise, Experimental, Ambient, Drone, Avant-garde, Industrial, Electronic, Rock, Techno, Progressive, Other
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
V.A.-"Wood 2" released with CUMTOGETHER PRODUCTIONS (Belgium)!!!!
The second volume in CUMTOGETHER PRODUCTIONS' WOOD compilation series.
A collection of great acoustic noise tracks by great artists from all over the globe.
1.Obscenité Morbide - Le son des cloches 05:17
2.Heidy Youko - Mambo acoustic 03:24
3.ZUMAIA - City323 04:28
4.Foltergeist - KD 22.528 01:00
5.Headcleaner - all work no play 01:18
6.Infinity Of 6 - Sunday Monday Saudade 03:45
7.Mean Flow - Wooden Rain 06:53
8.CUM - Acoustic Plastic 01 00:49
9.Lezet - Serbian Weddings (4th Dance) 03:00
11.Chunyang Yao - Murmur 04:09
12.THE BARE - Tournebois 08:26
13.FreeFlow - trk1 n 2+3 3-10-16 03:42
15.Lackthrow - shitlikeme 01:22
16.Assèchement Guttural - 36 x Mmh 02:16
17.Dr. NoiseM - Street Wind 06:37
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Monday, April 11, 2016
SRVTR & LEZET- "THE SPACE BETWEEN" released !!!!!!!!!!!!
SRVTR & LEZET -THE SPACE BEETWEEN- album coverart by Gildas Brugaro Gildas Brugaro aka SRVTR and I made a 60-minute album of dark ambient that you'll hopefully enjoy listening to. I'm really thrilled with what the organ, fel-pen and synth sounds we played ended up sounding like
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released April 10, 2016
tags: electronic ambient dark industrial noise techno France
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Sunday, April 10, 2016
SRVTR & LEZET - "The Bells EP" released!!!!!!
After having done a split released through the wonderful YUCA TAPES (Puerto Rico), SRVTR & LEZET decided to make both a collaborative EP and LP of fresh new tracks.
The EP is in front of you, and the LP is coming in a few days.
the EP: https://srvtr.bandcamp.com/track/srvtr-lezet-the-bells
released April 3, 2016
tags: electronic ambient dark industrial noise techno France
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coverart by : Gildas Brugaro
"In 2013, gildas brugaro began to only mix his own tracks under the name SRVTR (servator) to keep on the observatör work. his palette goes to ambient/noise & industrial downbeat to a dark techno. many aka or collaborations (the messenger, bunker palace, dark engineer…)"(SRVTR's bandcamp)
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Individuals who do not hold an EI Specialist Developmental Therapist credential on July 1, 2013 may apply for an EI Specialist Developmental Therapist credential and enroll to bill if they:
(1) have a bachelors degree or higher in Early Childhood, Early Childhood Special Education, Special Education, Special Education: Deaf/Hard of Hearing or Blind/Partially Sighted, Child Development, EI or Elementary Education, or from an EI approved college/university program (i.e., a program for which the Department or its designee has determined that the degree is equivalent to one of the above stated degrees); and (2) can document the completion of educational experiences as approved by the Department that include at least 2 semester college hours of, or the equivalent (30 clock hours or CEU credit hours) in, each of the following EI core knowledge content areas: the Development of Young Children, Typical and Atypical; Working with Families of Young Children with Disabilities; Intervention Strategies for Young Children with Special Needs; and Assessment of Young Children with Special Needs; and (3) can submit proof of training on the use of a formal assessment tool that would allow the provider to perform global evaluations and assessments.evaluations/assessments may apply for an EI Specialist: Developmental Therapist credential and enroll to bill. Credential and CBO enrollment required.
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Photos Get Deleted from Card if You Use it with Digital Photo Frame
|Date Added: September 18, 2008 08:30:05 AM
|Author: allen sood
|Category: Photographers: Digital Photography
The memory cards come with the facility that you can use them with the digital photo frame. A digital photo frame is the picture frame which displays digital pictures without requiring printing them or using a computer system. It can also show the pictures on TV.
The digital photo frames are capable of showing pictures of all file formats. They can also display pictures as slideshow, usually with a changeable time interval.
Though it is very useful device, but sometimes could create problems with your photos. When you put your memory card in digital photo frame and hook it up to the USB of computer, the computer may freeze and the pictures may get deleted. Your memory card becomes empty and you can't see any of your stored pictures.
When you try to read the card through card reader by attaching it to your system, the system may not freeze but you can't see the pictures. The same situation occurs with the digital camera also.
This problem generally occurs due to incompatibility of the hardware or some problems in the data structure of the memory card. The problem could also occur due to virus attack or many other similar reasons.
Nonetheless the reason of the issue, the most important thing which you must consider, is your precious pictures. This event of invisibility and inaccessibility of the pictures is known as photo loss.
At this point of time, recovering the lost pictures becomes the need of hour. The photo loss can be more stressing if the lost photos include your first baby step photos, your wedding pictures, your vacation pictures, and your client's pictures (if you are a professional photographer).
Though the photo loss bothers to the victim but it is not as grave as you think. You can perform photo recovery very easily and effectively using the third party applications, designed to recover the lost pictures in all possible cases.
Photo recovery software does a complete scan of the affected storage media and carry out an absolute photo recovery. These software are fairly easy to use and don't require any sound technical knowledge to achieve photo recovery.
Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery software is the best ever made utility which can recover pictures of all file formats from a wide range of storage devices such as hard drives, digital cameras, memory cards, CD, DVDs and so forth.
This software is powerful enough to perform thorough scan of the affected device and come up with complete photo recovery. there is no need to worry about the integrity of the data as this software doesn't perform any write operation to the media.
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Are you familiar with Granular Permissions? Quip recently altered how to share by enabling your teams to share the right information with the right people. If you would like to brush up on your fundamental understanding of or the purpose for Granular Permissions, please read this article!
Winter '20 Release Functionality:
With Salesforce's Winter '20 Release, Quip has iterated upon the existing Granular Permissions permission set, with the express goal of improving the sharing experience for Quip for Salesforce users. With this release, users' access to Quip documents within the Quip Document Component will mirror the level of access they have on the parent record. For example, if an Account Executive is creating an Account Plan for Ohana, Inc, anyone with access to the Ohana, Inc. Account Record will have access to the Account Plan document. Previously, users were prompted to individually grant additional users access to the document in order to benefit from it's contents.
How does this affect you?
For existing orgs: Orgs will default to "Do not inherit Salesforce sharing permissions as Quip document permissions". The admin can set component-level view/edit, view, and request access in the same way that they are accustomed to prior to this release.
For new orgs: As part of setting up the Quip for Salesforce set up process, under the Additional Customizations step the Admin will be able to determine if Quip docs embedded in Salesforce inherit the Quip Granular Sharing permissions, or not. Unless an alternative is selected, it will default to inherit Quip permissions.
Step by step instructions for new Orgs:
- From within Salesforce's Setup Page, search, Quip.
- Click Quip under Feature Settings.
- Scroll down the page until you navigate to a section titled: Additional Customizations. Within Additional Customizations, there is a subsection titled, Manage Synced Permissions, within this section, click Open Quip Admin Console.
- You will immediately be brought to the Admin Console. Your Admin Console may look slightly different from the image shown below if you have a long list of members.
- From the Admin Console click Settings. Then within the Settings drop-down, click Integrations.
- Now you have the opportunity to edit your organization's access level! Click the small drop-down to the far right under the Connected Salesforce Organizations section. Then click Edit Access Level.
- Upon clicking Edit Access Level, the following window will appear.
- From the above window, you can specifically choose the default access level for your organization.
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When I was working at my previous company, I always had to deal with different kinds of assembly documents because part of my responsibilities was to screen documents. Most of the time I had to help my colleagues in creating document assemblies and sometimes I got tired of doing that because it so time consuming. I found a website called SmoothDocs Document Assembly. I learned that this website is a great tool in creating documents such as business communication, reports and others.
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text: Childhood in Capiz―Stellar Student Leader who was Valedictorian of His ClassAs a child, one of Justice Nonoy's significant experience in Capiz was when he was7 years old, during World War 2. He and his family moved from Roxas City to Pan-ay Townfor safety. In between hiding stints, he would paddle a boat from their Anhaon Farm to go to Pan-ay Swamps. There, he would have fun catching crabs in creeks, with nets called bintol, ta-on and tapangan. When classes resumed after the war, being a bright student, Justice Nonoy was accelerated from Grades 3 to Grade 5 instead of going to Grade 2. He spent a total of 4 years only in elementary school. At 12 years old, Nonoy went to Capiz High School.Towards end of the year, his school burned down and there were no class rooms for all 21 sections in high school. He had to transfer to Colegiodela Purisima Concepcion on his 2nd year of high school, where he spent his 3 remaining high school years.In high school, he found himself joining debates and oratorical contests. He was the President of his 1st Year High School batch and every year thereafter. He fondly remembers campaigning in his short pants. His involvement in high school politics paved his way into becoming a lawyer. He was a model boy both at home and in school, so he had to strive to live up to the expectations. For an exam given for all 1st to 4th year students, he landed in second place. Consistent with Nonoy's performance as an accelerated elementary student, finishing high school in four (4) years only and with honors, he graduated class valedictorian in high school.As a kid, Justice Nonoy wanted to be an engineer and a doctor. His engineering interest was inspired by wooden toys he saw at Capiz Trade School. Being sickly when he was small, inspired by his godparent doctor, he also thought of becoming a doctor. But during high school, leadership as President of his class gave birth to his dream to be a lawyer.Life at the State University – Launching Pad for Nobler AspirationsIt was at the University of the Philippines (UP) where this dream was sealed – he was qualified into the university's 2-year Bachelor of Liberal Arts Program, and eventually the 4-year Bachelor of Law degree.At 17 years old in UP, Justice Nonoy's competence in debate and oration became noticeable. His growing interest in studying law made his parents support his desire to finish law. He finished law in UP in 1957 and passed the Bar on the same year. Another significant moment in his college life was during the Upsilon Fraternity Batch 1952's initiation. During the fraternity's final rites, Upsilonian Ninoy Aquino (that time on his 2nd year in UP College of Law) drove him to his dormitory in UP Diliman. Ninoy Aquino jokingly said to Justice Nonoy, "Goodbye, Brod, Future Justice of the Supreme Court". Coincidentally, it was Ninoy's wife, President Cory, who appointed Justice Nonoy to the Supreme Court. His appointment was a result of Justice Nonoy's excellent track record and work experiences. Studies and Exposure Abroad ― Preparation for Judiciary RolesJustice Nonoy has studied abroad in between stints as a lawyer, public servant, and judge in the Philippines. In 1981, he graduated with a degree in international law from The Academy of American and International Law in Dallas, Texas, USA. At the end of his study, he was elected Secretary General of its Alumni Association. In 1985, he studied in California Judicial College, Berkeley, California, USA. In spite his international exposure, he came back to thePhilippines after his stints in the USA.His studies, including a 2.5-month exposure in Taiwan on agrarian reform, have prepared him all the more for the profession that he was destined to be in. In 2002, he also garnered Doctor of Laws (honoriscausa) in Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, and Doctor of Laws (honoriscausa) in the University of the East in 2003.Private and Government Practice ― for the Service of the CountryJustice Nonoy covered Provinces of Antique and Iloilo as Branch 1 Judge at the Court of Agrarian Relations. In Roxas City, Capiz and other parts of the Philippines, during summer sessions, Justice Nonoy was handling cases that professionally honed his expertise. It helped not just Capiznons, but also other Filipinos in their legal cases. His expertise as a trial lawyer even helped people for free in defense of justice.It all the more honed his talent and wisdom in handling various cases.After college, Justice Nonoy immediately went to private practice until his appointment to the bench for the following public positions: • Judge, Court of Agrarian Relations, Iloilo (1971-1975), • Court of First Instance, Iloilo (1975-1982), • Court of First Instance, Rizal (1982-1983), • RTC NCJR Pasig, Metro Manila (1983-1986), • Associate Justice, Intermediate Appellate Court (1986), • Associate Appellate Justice, Court of Appeals (1986-1991), • Court Administrator, Supreme Court (1991-1992) and • Senior Justice, Supreme Court (1992-2003). At present, Justice Nonoy occupies the following important functions: • Vice Chairman and Corporate Counsel of PHILTRUST Bank; • Dean of the CEU School of Law and Jurisprudence; • Chairman of the Supreme Court Committee, Revision of the Rules on Criminal Procedure; and • Managing Partner, Juris PraesidiumSecundum (an MCLE or Mandatory Continuing Legal Education provider).Justice Nonoy retired from the Supreme Court with an outstanding record of disposing of all his cases submitted for decision, that is, he retired with "zero backlog upon retirement" ̶ a rare feat indeed!Accomplishments, Accolades ― and recently, a UP Outstanding Alumnus AwardIn 2001, Justice Nonoy received the Grand Achievement Award for Law and Justice, The Who's Who in the Philippines Awards of Parangalng Bayan Foundation. He was also recognized as the Most OustandingCapiceño in the Field of Law, a Halaran Award, in 1988, Most OustandingIlonggo of the Katilingban Sang MgaIlonggosaPilipinas, Inc. in 1994, and One of the Most Outstanding Citizens of Western Visayas, Panay News, in 1991. He was also a Fellowship Grantee of the International and Comparative Law Center in 1981, The Asia Foundation, Inc. in 1985, The United States Information Agency in 1991; and The Natural Resources Management and Development Project of Australia in 1992.He is the author of books such as Effective Pre-Trial Technique (1990 Edition); Leave Us Alone (2003 Edition); Effective Pre-Trial Technique (2011 Edition); and he is also a co-author of several law books.His Alma Mater shall be awarding Justice Nonoy as one of the "Outstanding UP Alumni" in June 2016 in Quezon City. Congratulations to him and his family for a well-deserved recognition!Justice's Dream for Country and CapizFor his beloved Philippines, he is a firm believer in countryside development. He is blessed to see Capiz improving especially with the township development of Pueblo de Panay™.Having been among the youngest at the Judiciary at 36 years, Justice Nonoy has a good advice to youth: Live life so well that even death would love to see you alive. Justice Nonoy'sinclinations in poetry is apparent in his fluent communication skills. Although his hectic legal profession left him with no chance to be a poet, he maintains a group of poet friends. An artist in words, he had no chance on painting except at Grade 5 when he attempted to sketch Fr. Burgos.To the youth who are as shy as Senior Associate Justice Josue Nicholas B. Bellosillo as a child, like him, you can reach your potentials by virtue of intelligence and talents for a greater responsibility in the future. The country needs noble-hearted citizens in the land, not just in the field of justice and education, where the good Justice has excelled.It is indeed an honor that an outstanding model child from Capiz is a silent leader to behold. May our youth be inspired by his articulate, noble, and brave character in public service. May they be motivated to likewise discover the extent of one's potentials in service of others. We are proud of you, Justice Nonoy!


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Did you know SFCC has almost 30 active student clubs and organizations on campus? Take a look at these examples:
Spring 2019 SFCC Club List
The Clay Club was formed 9 years ago to provide an opportunity for students to participate in a professional style event to market their work in a supportive environment. Students make work and participate in assignments and critiques in classes. However, that is only part of learning to be an artist. Experiencing what is required to actually interface with customers is also an important part of the educational process. Students of all skill levels may participate. In addition, The Clay Club spends some of the proceeds from the sale on supplementing ceramic equipment, sponsoring workshops and making donations to worthy causes like Campus Cupboard. The workshop themes vary from demonstrations on photographing ceramic work (essential to entering exhibitions and sales), to hands-on instruction led by full time artists. These workshops allow students to learn from a broad range of artists beyond SFCC faculty. The Clay Club is headed by a faculty advisor and four elected officers: president, vice-president, treasurer and secretary. Clay Club members meet in room # 730 about 5 times/term.
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The Fellowship of Gamers promotes and plays various types of games including card, tabletop, video, and other social games. Our goal is to bring games to a broad population of the Santa Fe public. We are currently meeting Mondays 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm in room 603 in the Media Arts Lab. Have some serious fun!
Meeting times: Every Monday 12:30-2:30 in room 821 in the Trades and Advanced Technology Wing
Bio: The Mycology club is dedicated to studying, growing, and finding fungi.
President: Dylan W. Martin
Advisor: Xubi Wilson
Treasurer: Thomas Agard
Powertalkers Toastmasters meet Thursdays from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm in room 815. Powertalkers gives you a friendly and helpful audience to practice class talks and presentations and be comfortable in front of an audience. Free food.
SMILES Club meets at least twice per semester and as needed. Location is room 454.
The Student Nurses Association is a group of Student nurses at SFCC who's goal is to mentor other nursing students preparing for initial licensure as a Registered Nurse and promote professional development.
**Check with Office of Student Development for a list of inactive clubs or how to start a new club**
Studies show that students who are involved at their college:
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- are more likely to stay in school
- are more marketable when job searching and/or applying to other schools
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These orbitals surrounding the nucleus have different levels of energy - the farther away each is from the nucleus, the more energy
it has. In each orbital, electrons are moving at the speed of light. But electrons can also jump between orbitals, a process that takes
energy. If electrons jump to an outer orbital, they use energy. But if they jump to an inner orbital, they give up energy. This energy
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Singapore has ambitions to become to become Asia's leading financial hub – to achieve this goal requires a new generation of Asian financial leaders.
Last year Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam spoke of the need to develop leaders for Singapore's financial sector.
Shanmugaratnam, who is also chairman of Singapore's central bank and the International Monetary Fund's International Monetary and Financial Committee, pointed out that deeper skills and expertise will be required as the financial sector – which already accounts for 12 per cent of the country's GDP – grows.
Singapore has indeed come a long way in five decades of independence.
It did not start out as a financial centre. Initially the banking sector comprised foreign bank branches and small local banks and the skills required at that time were basic.
Keystone of the economy
Today Singapore's financial sector is a keystone of the economy with some 1,000 financial institutions represented.
As a result financial sector and leadership skills, particularly within an Asian context, are now key priorities for the industry and policymakers.
This will require the commitment and efforts of several sections of society with universities and academics playing a key part in developing, inspiring and nurturing leaders with the right skills, values, confidence and attitude.
It is also important, however, to provide Asia's next generation of finance leaders with not just state-of-the-art classroom learning, knowledge, cases and theories, but also experiential learning and mentoring from leading senior executives and policymakers who have been there, done that.
Asia is significant globally due to the aggregated size of its economies and populations.
Moreover, Asia has the greatest growth potential, given its current GDP per capita relative to the rest of the world.
Yet, clearly, Asia has its own specific context that its capital market development must take into account.
For example, in Asia, the concentration of wealth remains very much in the hands of family businesses, government-linked corporations and sovereign wealth funds.
Given this backdrop, the training of Asian finance leaders must incorporate several elements.
First, these future C-level executives must be well versed in the economic trends, structures, stress points and opportunities of multiple markets throughout the region.
They must also have in-depth exposure to business leaders and policy-makers in key economies around the world.
Third, they must have an understanding of technological trends and of how these will impact and/or transform their businesses, and be able to think strategically.
Fourth, they must acquire an understanding of leadership principles, be open to learning through experience and action, and come to terms with leadership challenges by liaising with mentors.
And finally we need to look beyond the development of just the individual, to that of a global network of leaders who will share insights and wisdom, and who care deeply for their institutions, stakeholders and communities over and above themselves.
Asian voice
As the region gains in significance, we need to develop a credible Asian voice, not just because of the sheer size of our economies and wealth, but because of quality of our leadership, as exemplified by Singapore.
For aspiring financial leaders in this region, this will entail senior executives stepping out of their comfort zones to transform themselves into leaders with the insights, passion, charisma and abilities to deliver sustained high performance.
They will need new skills to lead already successful entities into organisations of significance that provide market leadership based on their capabilities and culture.
At NUS Business School, we have taken the first step by setting up a new initiative – the Asia Leaders in Financial Institutions (ALFI) programme – which aims to equip senior executives who are looking to lead financial organisations in Asia with the skills to become future CEOs or CIOs.
As part of the ALFI programme, participants will visit financial institutions, industry leaders and policy-makers in Beijing, Mumbai and Singapore, as well as leading Western financial centres.
Mentoring by global finance leaders will be a key component of this programme.
Now, more than ever, the region's financial sector must have a credible and strong voice globally.
Prominence and clout
We need Asian finance leaders with the prominence and clout to represent the interests of Asian markets, who can steward economies as the region grows and help the evolution away from being "regulation-takers".
In the aftermath of the most recent financial crises, many laws and regulations were enacted by the West. These were aimed at enhancing consumer protection and reducing future risks in the financial systems by curtailing excessive risk-taking activities by financial institutions.
This was all well-intentioned and good. However, other new rules apply mainly to the US and European contexts – policy-makers, watchdogs and consumers – and may not be so relevant in Asia.
DBS Group CEO Piyush Gupta recently commented that, as Asian economies differ markedly from those in the West, taking a "one-size approach to global financial regulation will not work".
Enriched by our various challenges, we now have the capability to critically evaluate policies from the East or West.
For example, a recent article written by our colleague, Jussi Keppo, on the Volcker Rule's unintended consequences explains that the rule in its current form does not necessarily reduce bank risk-taking behaviour and is expensive for both banks and regulators to implement.
In effect Asia's markets seem, at times, to be paying for the sins of the US and Europe in the aftermath of a financial crisis that they did little to create or perpetuate.
What is needed is a credible voice, or a few distinctive and respected voices among Asia's current and future finance leaders, to speak up and be heard globally over time.
It requires setting aside some of our differences – whether territorial or historical – so that we can claim our rightful place in global financial policy-making and business, and lead from Asia.
Joseph Cherian is Director of the Centre for Asset Management Research and Investments, while Bernard Yeung is Dean and Stephen Riady Distinguished Professor at the National University of Singapore Business School.
More information on the Asia Leaders in Financial Institutions programme can be found at http://executive-education.nus.edu/alfi


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Synonyms: Polymyxin E. Sulfate; Belcomycine; Colomycin;
Appearance: Off-White Solid
Melting Point: >202°C (dec.)
Solubility: Water (Sparingly)
Applications: Cyclic polypeptide antibiotic produced by Bacillus polymyxa. Complex mixture of at least 30 components, primarily colistins A and B.[α]D= -65° (c= 1, Water)
LOD: 3% DAB= α,γ-diaminobutyric acid
Heavy Metals: 20ppm Colistin A R= (+)-6-methyloctanoyl
Arsenic Content: 2ppm/g Colistin B R= 6-methylheptanoylSulfate: 16-18%
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And I thought, yep. Pretty much.
It was right after my twins had alerted me to the cracked and chipped glass on a framed print in our entry hall. It was one of those, "Look, mommy! How in the world did that happen?" moments. They were quick to confess to various activities (indoor scooter riding, indoor football spiking) that in theory, could have resulted in broken glass but, according to them, did not. Of this they were sure.
So when I saw these words a couple of hours later, I had to chuckle. I thought about the person in Malaysia who had framed the print in my hallway, and how they would feel about their hard work being punctured by something that was definitely not a misbehaving twin, if the twins are to be believed.
All because two people fell in love. It just made me smile.
And oh. As for the twins' proclaimed innocence, this mama knows better. Also: I'll be replacing the print with something that doesn't rely on glass for display.