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I certainly hope so and perhaps they will include the stroke warning signs in their political profiling and typical canned candidate sound bites * in the Valley Breeze because the importance of knowing the stroke warning signs have apparently taken a back seat to politics, at least for "one more week".
Here's what Tom Ward, publisher of the Valley Breeze had to say in response to my request to print a PSA (public service announcement) in our local paper about knowing the stroke warning signs.
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"It will not be printed next week. We are hip deep in political stuff for one more week. After that will be fine."
Thank you.
Thomas V. Ward, publisher
The Valley Breeze
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Valley Breeze;
"I was disappointed to learn that my reply to the recent editorial by Sharon Coyle which appeared in the Breeze on pediatric stroke was not included in your publication this week. I hope that next week you might consider publishing this in the Valley Breeze to help educate readers (especially in Cumberland) about knowing the stroke warning signs. Thank you for considering this request".
David Dansereau
Cumberland RI
When it is more convenient, or a light coverage week, perhaps I'll have better luck with the local media. In the meantime, I'll keep at it*, but you don't have to wait a week or more for a review because here's what you should know now:
Learn the FAST test to help identify stroke warning signs .
FAST stands for:
• Face: Ask the person to smile. Do both sides of the mouth elevate equally?
• Arms: Ask the person to raise both arms. Do both arms lift equally?
• Speech: Ask the person to repeat a sentence. Can they repeat? Are the words slurred?
• Time: If the person shows any of these symptoms, call 911 or get to the hospital FAST.
It should be pointed out that there's some controversy about the FAST test. The FAST test is great because it is simple but it leaves out a few more subtle but important signs a stroke or TIA (transient ischemic attack) or "mini" stroke may have taken place. Here's a link to a previous post about this controversy if you want to know more…
Bottom line:
Know as many signs and symptoms of stroke as possible. Initiating treatment FAST is vital because time saved is neurons saved. Every minute during a stroke an estimated 2 million neurons and 14 billion synapses die. Delays in treatment lead to brain loss which make the road back to recovery more difficult if time is wasted. Never assume the victim is "too young" to possibly be having a stroke. The Coyle's story from Cumberland as well as the unusually high incidence of stroke in town is proof there are young faces of stroke and regardless of the age, you must LEARN FAST to be able to act FAST to save a life.
*Did you know??
According to the RI State Plan for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (p.25), the goal set by the state is – "By 2012, 18% of Rhode island adults aged 18 and older will know the four warning signs of stroke as described in the FAST campaign, including the importance of calling 9-1-1." That's right, 18%! So, if the goal is to get to 18%, I have to ask, where are we now?? Clearly, we are not getting this message and the media is certainly not acting FAST!
Perhaps one of our politicians up for election can start their next sound bite by saying something like ,
"If (re)elected I'll lower property taxes, fight to reduce state spending, protect social security, and fight for all Rhode Islanders to know the stroke warning signs and act in time to save a life".
Article by David Dansereau
To read Shorn Coyle's original letter published in the Valley Breeze go here


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SCANDAL–Dr. Ben Carson accused the Cruz camp of foul play in the Iowa Caucuses today.Carson said the Cruz camp told voters Carson was dropping out and to support Ted Cruz. Ted Cruz's sleezy tactics.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Ted Cruz Plays Dirty Politics- Sabotaging Dr Ben Carson Heres Proof
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Sign up for 'The Painful Spine' – 2 sessions March 15
If you have registered for the 42nd Annual California Association of Nurse Practitioners' (CANP) Educational Conference at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina in San Diego (March 14-17, 2019), we'll see you there! Be sure to sign up for the two-session presentation by JOF principal AJ Benham, DNP.
AJ's presentation on "The Painful Spine" will be delivered on Friday, March 15.
• Friday, 3/15, 11 a.m. – 12 :15 p.m.: The Painful Spine (Part 1): Evaluating Neck and Low Back Pain in Primary Care (AJ Benham, DNP, FNP-C, ONC). This session explains how to accurately diagnose neck and low-back complaints by understanding key elements of spinal anatomy, history taking, and exam techniques common to both areas.
• Friday, 3/15, 1:45 – 3:00 p.m.: The Painful Spine (Part 2): Managing Neck and Low Back Pain in Primary Care (AJ Benham, DNP, FNP-C, ONC). This session explains how to manage common neck and low-back complaints confidently and appropriately in primary care through the use of evidence-based treatment algorithms tailored to individual bio-psycho-social needs.
AJ Benham is an Instructor and Curriculum Developer for orthopedic nursing education. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nursing at Samuel Merritt University in Oakland and a Nurse Practitioner with the San Francisco Multi-Specialty Medical Group.
Additionally, JOF plans to have a booth at the conference. Please look for us and also connect with us on social media—on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook (Conference hashtag: #CANP42nd).


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Woah, long time and no update, sorry but I was busy.
Anyway, I was randomly inspired to avatar myself today, so after Googling I came across this post, and decided to try a few of the services. Continue reading
Woah, long time and no update, sorry but I was busy.
Anyway, I was randomly inspired to avatar myself today, so after Googling I came across this post, and decided to try a few of the services. Continue reading
Happy Easter everyone!
It's never been much of a holiday in my family, but as kids my sister and I would go out huntin' for ye old baskets o' chocolate and such, pick up plenty of sugar rushes throughout the day and crash at night. Of course I'm far beyond that now. Far…
Apparently today was to be an exception however, my sister made us all french toast and I even got a basket of chocolates!
Anyway… here's hoping you all have a good holiday too :).
Alrighty…well it's been a bit since I posted but never fear, the ol' Blakemonster be at it again!
…no? Garrhrhrhrhrumblerumble…fine….then just listen for a sec…
Okie…..ignoring the above, here's two new(ish) pieces. I say 'ish' because only one's new (written this morning), the other I wrote about a month or more ago but forgot I had and never put it online. Which is odd, because I do like it. So, here goes…
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Posted on twitter (@feliciaday), this was too good not to repost. Enjoy. (And happy birthday, Felicia!)
Hahaha, oh this was great fun. I knew it'd be fun, and I knew it's be sexy, and I knew it'd be…great. And it was. Great fun, hugely in the vein of Edgar Wright; tons of his camera moves, cutting style and great humor and campiness. Lots of fun watching MyAnna Buring as a virgin mythological studies student and her troop of scantily-clad (but non-lesbian) women friends tantalize the chubby Fletch to near-bewilderment. Lots of fun, worth checking out.
Found this via Gawker. Awesome. My kind of humor and subject matter, great fun to see the president recognizing and enjoying the humor as well. It's a good beginning.
Oh yea. Just call me 1337. …Anyway, I found a few classics remixed on YouTube today, just perusing, and thought I'd do a roundup and share. Points for remembering where they're from before checking out the link. Oh, sorry… P01N7S. Yea. Those.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vil-s82_LM0
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPAIAxpnUjM
Okay, they're not all classics, but they're well-known. Here are the older ones…
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FOyui9viSY


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How one simple act creates a ripple effect… by Timothy West
I would lose or misplace my wallet so often that I decided to do this to it^^
That's not the sad part either… The real deplorableness is that that's not even my phone number. It's actually my dad's cell phone number because my irresponsibility soared to a height so great that the thought crossed my mind, "what if I lose my phone and my wallet at the same time and the person who finds my wallet can't get in touch with me?!"
I'm 21 years old and about to fly half way across the world to spend five months studying abroad in Australia. My dad brought up a good point: If I lose my wallet in Australia, there's no way I'm getting it back. He went on to suggest "maybe it's time to tighten up that area" of my life. So instead of doing what I normally do and make a note to myself to be more responsible, I took physical action.
I went around to the friends I have always admired for being super neat, organized, prioritized, and most notably, responsible. I asked each individual how they maintain such an orderly lifestyle and how they never lose their wallets or break their phones. None of them could pinpoint a certain formula they follow so I had to dig deeper. Ahh yes, nature vs. nurture! Are you born to be responsible, or are you raised to be responsible?
What I realized is that each one of the friends I questioned all had one very particular thing in common. Super.Clean.Rooms. Their bedrooms, closets, drawers, dressers, nightstands, desks, shelves, you name it – it was organized. Each one of my friend's bedrooms were not just rooms, they were systems.
After this beautiful moment of enlightenment, I raced home and converted my bedroom into the OSX Mountain Lion of systems. At any given time, no matter what, my room is spick n' span. You will never see an article of clothing unless it is folded away in my dresser or hung up in my closet. If I take my boots off they go straight into the deoderized shoerack, even if I know I'll be putting them back on soon. All my hats are filed together in a row like you walked into the snapback section of Foot Locker. Most importantly, my bed is always made to look beautiful, neat, and welcoming.
On average humans will spend a THIRD of their lifetime in bed. After years and years of staring down at messy sheets, screwed up comforters, and misplaced pillows, that disorganization will subliminally transcend unto the rest of your life. I'm no scientist, and there's no way to back up the claim I'm making, but the two months since I've been OCD'ing about my bed and the rest of my room I haven't lost or misplaced my wallet, keys or phone.
It takes such little effort to keep things clean once you've put the work in to making it a habit. For me, it's gone a longer way than I could have ever imagined. Make that bed and radiate an energy of organization, or find some other facet of your life that you're consistently living in (work desk, back office, dorm room, etc.) and everything else will follow in order like you're Melvin friggin' Dewey.


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Groupon is again offering new subscribers a 3-Month Subscription to TIDAL Premium Music Streaming Service for FREE (regularly $9.99/month) for a limited time. After the 3-month promotional period, plans will automatically renew to $9.99 a month, unless canceled. Limit one per customer and account.
TIDAL provides customers the opportunity to access TIDAL's artist-driven, exclusive content, livestreams, music videos, ticket giveaways and unique fan experiences. Members will have first access to a variety of unrivaled exclusive content from the world's biggest stars. Previous exclusives have included content from Calvin Harris, Rihanna, Beyoncé and Nicki Minaj.


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Every moment is a fresh beginning. /T.S. Eliot/
Tag: Flowers
Carpe Diem Little Creatures *Violets*
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full of violets
fluttering in the wind
my summer dress
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Carpe Diem Haiku Kai
Weekly Photo Challenge: Orange
Colours are the smiles of nature. /James Henry Leigh Hunt/
Weekly Photo Challenge: Rule of Thirds
What we do see depends mainly on what we look for…
/John Lubbock/
Thursday's Special: Red
Carpe Diem' s Little Creatures *Chrysanthemums*
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white chrysanthemums
left hanging from the door knob
a secret message
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Smart people, working in a creative and collaborative environment and supported by social business technology can achieve incredible things, yet despite a wealth of material available on new ways of working, emerging technologies and organisational theories, too few organisations demonstrate the desired capabilities that are necessary to survive and thrive in the 21st century.
To help understand what's going on, we've taken a look at the latest research report from Post*Shift – Overcoming the Barriers to Digital Transformation – which explores today's organisational capability gaps and gives some useful insight into why the use of ESNs and collaboration platforms all too often fail to go beyond the initial adoption phase to achieve genuine business impact.
Implications for the entire business
Many of today's digital transformation case studies focus on the technology deployment and miss out on capturing the full scope and potential of digital transformation. It's more than redesigning the customer experience; it's more than automating routine processes; it's more than introducing social software. It's about a total rethink of how an organisation is structured, how it gets its work done, its culture and its leadership.
The report highlights several organisational issues that are looking more like barriers than enablers with the three top culprits being: leadership culture & hierarchy; central departments & bureaucracy; and top-down approach to change. Lee Bryant of Post*Shift describes these as: "forming the calcified spine of the old operating system that is currently holding so many firms back."
In Christine Overby's research, she spoke to 25 Heads of Digital and Human Resources to learn how they are retooling their organisations in response to empowered customers, digital competitors and product commoditisation. They acknowledge the struggle, with today's operating models upholding outdated norms of structure, work practices, culture and leadership.
How Change Becomes Routine
A key problem with organisational change efforts has been the treatment of change as an initiative – a one-off, top-down wave outside of the flow of normal daily work. This might produce short-term improvement but, like crash diets, rarely sustainable impact. This is articulated well in a McKinsey article Build a change platform, not a change program.
For change to stick, it must be felt throughout the entire organisation, embedded in daily workflows and measured frequently. So the big question is: How do you translate ambitious digital transformation aspirations into small, everyday actions, so that change is gradual and accepted?
To answer this question, the Post*Shift research turns to behavioural economics and, more specifically, the concept of "nudging" to shrink change to manageable increments. One of the most successful and widely-known examples of nudging comes from the Quantified Self movement, in which people track their personal fitness data and, often unconsciously, make daily positive changes and become healthier.
Post*Shift believes you can adopt a similar method to managing your digital transformation efforts – tweaking, iterating, and shaping them based on measurement and feedback loops. They call this the Quantified Org approach.
Putting the Quantified Org Approach into Practice
At its heart, a Quantified Org approach draws from memorable story-telling and iteration so that, over time, you, your team, and your organisation embrace the adaptive ways of working made possible by digital and social. Also drawing on current organisational theories such as holocracy, agile teams and the tribe/guilds models, practitioner interviews, and their own client work, Post*Shift's report contains plenty of sound advice to help organisations get on track with their digital transformation journey.
A good place to start is to find out just how adaptive your own organisation is and for this Post*Shift have designed a nifty Adaptive Maturity Test which scores the four categories of attributes detailed in their adaptability model – structure, practice, culture and leadership. Completing this diagnostic test will help to quantify progress on your transformation journey and it gives you personalised recommendations and prioritised actions to become more adaptive as an organisation.
People continue to crash diet because they want quick results, even when suspecting the diet ultimately won't work. When it comes to transformation, a Quantified Org approach satisfies the need for immediate progress while also sustaining change actions over a longer period.
To read the full report, download your complimentary copy of Barriers to Digital Transformation.


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ICQ or 'I Seek You' is simply a way of getting in touch with people and friends. ICQ makes it easy to find people with similar interests across the globe, to establish new friendships, to communicate with colleagues, family members and friends no matter when or where they are. And once friendships and connections have been established you just need to go online to get in contact without the geographic and time related limitations of the offline world. The most popular method of communication on ICQ is instant messaging, enabling you to send a message that immediately pops up on an online contact's screen. But there's a lot more to ICQ than that. With ICQ Instant Messenger you can video/audio chat, send email, SMS and wireless-pager messages, as well as transfer files and URLs. If you're away from your personal computer you can still chat with friends and contacts, even where the ICQ client is not installed, by using the web-based ICQ2Go that works from any computer. With ICQ 5 you can customize your ICQ to be exactly what you need and always up-to-date by adding shortcuts to your favorite features in order to launch them directly from your ICQ. This means that you can send your friends & contacts greeting cards and invitations to games, multi chats, video sessions, and more directly from your client and/or the message window. In the message window you can also choose to display your photo or one of ICQ's unique, animated devils.


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Medical Cannabis & Chronic PainMedical Cannabis can remedy chronic physical pain as well as its accompanying side effects that many common painkillers, particularly opiates, do not help or even address. More than 100 million Americans, or roughly one-third of our population, experience chronic pain. If you experience pain that lasts longer than 12 weeks, you are among this group. Normally your body sends acute,... Read more
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Hello URTA Members and Friends, the following is a message from the Recreational Therapy Foundation:
August 20th, 2016
Hello Friends!
The Recreational Therapy Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 2009. Our vision is to recognize and support excellence in Recreation Therapy delivery, research and education. Your contributions make it possible for us to realize the Recreational Therapy Foundation mission of promoting professional Recreation Therapy excellence through sponsorship and support of (1) evidence-based practice research; (2) the use of innovative technology; (3) high quality professional practice, and; (4) exceptional professional education. Since its inception, the Recreational Therapy Foundation has been able to award research grants, scholarships and award recognition to deserving Recreation Therapy professionals across the nation.
Every year, you can find the Recreation Therapy Foundation at a booth in the Exhibitors Hall at the ATRA Annual Conference. This is one of our largest fundraising events. We host raffles, games and events to raise awareness and funds to support the above mentioned mission and grants we issue to recreation therapy efforts around the country.
To make this possible, we are asking you to help! Please consider donating to the RTF, in the form of $5 or $10 giftcards for our Booth event. We would love to receive these cards by Sept. 7th to the address below. If this form of donation does not sound pleasing to you, you may also donate:
1. At our Booth at the ATRA Conference
2. Online at facebook.com/RecreationalTherapyFoundation
3. At our Annual Conference Event at Whirlyball on Sunday night! See below for details:
- When: Sunday, September 11th, 2016
6-8 pm
- Where: 800 Roosevelt Rd
Lombard, IL 60148
**less than a mile from the conference**
- Cost: $25 per person, game & appetizers
$10 supportive member, appetizers only
- Details: Whirley ball is a 5-on-5 game, combining bumper cars with lacrosse, basketball and other sports. It is fun and fast! Games rotate every 10-15 minutes. Join us for play, good food and drinks!
Jenny Baweja
Recreation Therapy Foundation
Events Coordinator
Send cards to: Michele Collins
22 Cedar St
Butler, NJ 07405
Email questions to: Jenny Baweja at jenbaweja01(at)me(dot)com


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Today was the first day of the new AnjiPlayDate program. This is the same program I did a trial run of in December under the name Winter Wild Rumpus, but I thought I'd try this new name since more people around town seem to have heard of Anji Play now. Interestingly, most of the people who attended today did NOT come to the Winter Wild Rumpuses and (also interestingly) the ages seemed to skew a little older than the kids who had attended the Winter Wild Rumpuses. Granted, both of those facts may be due to the terrible "wintry mix" weather we were experiencing today, but I'll be curious to see who attends next week!
The one "big" change I made to the set-up was that instead of putting out rocks + water, I put out clay (plastilina) with some smaller wooden blocks (cylinders, triangles and wedges), some PVC pipes (short, 3" diameter) and some popsicle sticks. The clay was very firm and not easy to work with, but the kids seemed to really love the challenge working with it (this is a form of "heavy work" and is awesome for kids' development, both physical and emotional).
Stacks were satisfying to build because they blocks of clay were so heavy but they were also slightly lopsided and also a little bit sticky, all of which lead to interesting stacking potential.
Because a few homeschool kids attended who were a little on the older side (hooray!) we saw some really intricate building projects going on in the block area:
And I'm loving the board-across-two-spools action going on here!
More fun with spools (note the different ways different aged kids interact with this open-ended toy):
Stacking on top of the top:
and swimming in scarves.
One more minor change I made (from the Winter Wild Rumpus) was that instead of the single page for play stories, I brought back the mini-notebook format from the summer's Wild Rumpus program. Each kid who comes in writes their name on the front of a notebook, then hangs the notebook on a clothesline along one of the walls. At the end of class, they found their notebook and drew their "play story" or a picture of their play that day.
Please note: "Anji Play," refers to a specific philosophy and comprehensive approach to early education developed by Ms. Cheng Xueqin in Anji County, China. I use the term "Anji Play" to describe my programming and throughout this blog with the explicit permission of Ms. Cheng because our programming has been developed as part of a close collaborative relationship with her and her team of Anji Play educators. If you are interested in learning more about how you can bring Anji Play to your community, please visit www.anjiplay.com


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|Swami inside the interview room at Prasanthi Nilayam
October 5, 1991
Today morning at about 8.30 am, Swami suddenly asked for the I year MBA students much to their pleasant joy. He blessed them with an interview. Swami asked if the boys had any problems.
Student: Swami, examinations are going on. Lot of tension and the pressure is too much.
Swami: You must not have such tensions. In fact, you should be happy to write exams. Write and finish the exams one by one and there by progressing higher and higher. Remember that the sooner you finish the exams, the faster you progress onward. Hence, you must not have any tension over an exam.
A cyclist was going on the road without a light, so a policeman chased him and tried to stop him. But, the cyclist shouted, "Don't try to stop me. I cannot stop because I have no brakes!" The policeman chased him, caught him and extracted a double fine. The light is the light of wisdom, brakes are the self-control. The road represents the path of our life, Police is Nature. If we do not have self-control and wisdom, Nature ensures that we undergo punishment.
Yet another example, A group of students once went to Bandipur forest for a picnic. They wanted to cook food, so they brought three stones to make a stove. The three stones are the three Gunas (qualities). The first thing to do is indeed to balance the stones, i.e., one must balance one's Gunas. On this balanced plane, the pot is placed, the pot is the body. The water put in may be compared to the mind. The rice boiled is the desires. The fire used is fire of wisdom. The fire cannot burn the desires directly. At first it heats the pot, which boils the water and cooks the rice. When wisdom thus burns the desires, there will be no re-birth. When even a small speck of dirt is in the ocean, it gets washed ashore at once, by a number of waves.
You are always thinking of the past and future. You must think only of present. You have all come here now. You have Swami's grace with you. Thinking of this, you must live only in present and hence derive joy. Here is an example. Suppose that cauliflower curry has been served to you. If you start thinking about what dirty land this was grown in, what dirty drainage water was used to water it and what fertiliser was used, you will never enjoy the curry. Eat it without thinking of anything else. In the same way, do not get worried thinking of the past and the future. Think of the present. Derive joy from the present.
Take a piece of wood. If it comes into contact with fire, it becomes coal. One cannot wash this coal and make it white by using soap and water. The fire may be compared to your past Samskaras (tendencies). Incomplete burning of wood gives coal. Completely burning the wood gives ashes. Ash is light and white. To clean the black-coloured coal and make it white, you must again put it back into the fire of good Samskaras. It will then burn into ashes which is white. The white signifies purity. The light signifies freedom.
When you are born as a baby, you cry 'Koham, Koham' (Who am I). When you grow up, you say 'I am….' But you must actually say, 'Soham Soham' (I am that). I am not the body. The body is a gift from parents. You must attain the light of good – the light of God.


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Monthly Archives: April 2015
April Workshop & May Critique Group
April 28, 2015: Unlocking Personification And Metaphor To Deepen Emotion
Time: 6 – 8 pm
Place: Room 123, lower level of Worship Center, Woodmen Valley Chapel, Building 250, 290 E. Woodmen Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80919
Workshop Description: Do you hear that your writing isn't strong enough? Maybe you haven't accessed your story's emotional depth. Beyond strong dialogue and powerful body language, sharper tools await the intrepid fiction writer. Learn how to pull out all the stops and make inanimate (and sometimes animate) objects reflect your characters internal conflicts, desires, and fears. Make the reader feel deeply without them knowing why. Also, learn how to bring metaphor into your setting to drive your story deeper. Come prepared to cut through surface techniques and sculpt the heart of raw emotion.
Speaker: Brandy Vallance fell in love with the Victorian time period at a young age, loving the customs, manners, and especially the intricate rules of love. Since time travel is theoretically impossible, she lives in the nineteenth century vicariously through her novels. Unaccountable amounts of black tea have fueled this ambition. Brandy's love of tea can only be paralleled by her love of Masterpiece Theater Classics, deep conversations, and a good book. Brandy is the 2013 Operation First Novel winner and the 2012 winner of the ACFW Genesis Contest for historical romance. Her critically acclaimed novel, The Covered Deep, has been featured in USA TODAY and Writer's Digest. You can connect with Brandy via her website www.brandyvallance.com, Facebook, Goodreads, Pinterest, YouTube, or Twitter @BrandyVallance.
Springs Writers "Just Write" Critique Group
Mark your May calendars for The Springs Writers "Just Write" Saturday Critique Group:
- May 9, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm at 5209 Del Paz Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80918
- May 23, 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm at 5209 Del Paz Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80918
"Just Write" Details
- During each session, there will be 10 minute teaching about how to critique and self-edit, hone your editing skills, etc.
- To reserve a guaranteed 20-30 minute critique, R.S.V.P. and email your manuscript to firstname.lastname@example.com by May 6 for May 9 and May 20 for May 23. The remaining critique time will be divided up for those who did not RSVP or email copies of their manuscript to Scoti. Bring 6 copies of your manuscript.
- If you don't RSVP, show up and bring 6 copies of your manuscript for attendees to read and attendees will provide feedback.
- We will begin and end on time to respect everyone's time.


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The beauty of Venezuela is unquestionable but unfortunately so are the dangers of traveling the country. With Venezuela getting poorer by the minute, order petty crimes like theft and robbery are on the rise. Venezuela still remains to be a fairly safe country but you must always be on the lookout for the common crimes which plague it today.
Petty crimes like robbery and theft are pretty much everywhere these days but they're especially common in Venezuela, particularly in Caracas. This is because Venezuela has gotten poorer for the past few years, pushing several locals to resort to stealing. Tourists are the usual victims of their crimes but they do target locals once in a while. It is highly recommended go through a few travel insurance quotes when traveling to the country to ensure that all your valuables are covered. Also, make sure to take extra precautions and always be on guard when you are traveling through the country.
Snatching is the most common petty crime in Venezuela. Snatchers take just a few seconds of inattention as an opportunity to grab whatever valuable you left unattended. There are also thieves who are more discreet, pickpocketing their way into bags to grab valuables like a purse, a wallet, a camera, or a phone. And then, there are more advanced thieves who break into hotel rooms and cars to steal everything they can.
The thieves of Venezuela rarely work as individuals. They typically work in pairs and groups, with one or more of them set up to distract you. Just a few seconds of distraction allows them to steal from you. The longer you stay distracted, the more likely you'll lose every valuable you have.
Armed robbery has also been reported along Venezuela's hiking trails, remote beaches, and even in downtown areas. Armed robberies are much more scarier and dangerous than the petty crimes mentioned earlier. Never try to struggle or escape if you get caught up in these situations. Your safety comes first so you're better off handing over your belongings.
Colombian guerilla groups like the ELN and the FARC have also been camping out recently in the secluded borders of Venezuela. Their increasing presence has been noted in Apure, Zulia, Amazonas, and Tachira. Traveling to these areas is highly discouraged if you can't stay away from Venezuela unless you want to be exposed to violence or may be even kidnapped.


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There's no better time to try Yoga than September, which is National Yoga Month.
Yoga is an ancient Indian body of knowledge that dates back more than 5,000 years. The word Yoga came from the Sanskrit word yuj which means to unite or integrate. In other words, Yoga is about the union of a person's own consciousness and the universal consciousness.There are multiple branches of Yoga related to such concepts as Posture, Devotion, Self-Control, Mind, Service, and Rituals. In Yoga, students gain breathing control as they slowly increase their breathing. By focusing on their breathing, they prepare their minds for meditation (a Quiet Mind).
Yoga breathing techniques were developed based on the concept that breath is the source of life. In Yoga, students gain breathing control as they slowly increase their focus on breathing. By focusing on their breathing, they prepare their minds for meditation.
There is a general misconception that during meditation, a person's mind has to go blank, but this doesn't have to be so. In meditation, students bring the activities of the mind into focus resulting in 'a Quiet Mind". As a result, physical poses and breathing techniques are designed that develop awareness of the body.
In summary, Yoga helps people to focus, and relieve themselves from everyday stress.
There are six types of Yoga:
Hatha Yoga or Yoga of Postures
Hatha Yoga is perhaps the most popular branch of Yoga in the West. This branch of Yoga uses physical poses or Asana, Breathing Techniques or Pranayama, and Meditation to obtain better health, as well as spirituality. There are many styles within this path – Iyengar, Integral, Astanga, Kripalu, and Jiva Mukti to name a few.
For those who want a peaceful mind, and a healthy body to go along with it, Hatha Yoga may just be the thing for them.
Bhakti Yoga or Yoga of Devotion
Bhakti Yoga is the path most followed in India. This is the path of the heart and devotion. Yogis who practice this branch see the One or the Divine in everyone and everything. Bhakti Yoga teaches a person to have devotion to the One or to Brahma by developing a person's love and acceptance for all things.
Raja Yoga or Yoga of Self-Control
Raja means royal. This path is considered to be the King of Yoga and this may be due to the fact that most of its practitioners are members of religious and spiritual orders. Raja Yoga is based on the teachings of the Eight Limbs of Yoga found in the Yoga sutras. A Raja Yogi sees the self as central, and as such, respect for oneself and for all creation are vital to this path. They achieve self-respect by first learning to be masters of themselves. For those wanting to learn discipline, Raja Yoga would very likely suit their need.
Jnana Yoga or Yoga of the Mind
Jnana Yoga is the path of Yoga that basically deals with the mind, and as such, it focuses on man's intelligence. Jnana Yogis consider wisdom and intellect as important and they aim to unify the two to surpass limitations. Since they wish to gain knowledge, they are open to other philosophies and religions, for they believe that an open and rational mind is crucial in knowing the spirit.
Karma Yoga or Yoga of Service
Karma Yoga is the path of service, for in this path, it is believed that a person's present situation is based on their past actions. So by doing selfless service now, the person is choosing a future that is free from negativity and selfishness. Karma Yogis change their attitude toward the good and in the process, change their souls, which leads to a change in their destiny.
Tantra Yoga or Yoga of Rituals
Tantra Yoga, which is perhaps the most misunderstood of all the paths, is about using rituals to experience what is sacred. Although sex is a part of it, sex is not the whole of it since this path aims to find what is sacred in everything we do. Tantra Yogis must possess certain qualities like purity, humility, devotion, and dedication.
Benefits of Yoga
- Increasing flexibility – yoga has positions that act on the various joints of the body including those joints that are never really on the 'radar screen', let alone exercised.
- Increasing lubrication of the joints, ligaments and tendons – Well-researched yoga positions exercise the different tendons and ligaments of the body. Surprisingly it has been found that the body which may have been quite rigid starts experiencing a remarkable flexibility in even those parts which have not been consciously worked on. Why? It is here that the remarkable research behind yoga positions proves its strength. Seemingly unrelated non strenuous yoga positions act on certain parts of the body in a unified, or integrated, way. When these positions are done together, they work in harmony to create a situation where flexibility is obtained relatively easily.
- Massaging the organs of the body – Yoga is perhaps the only form of activity which is believed to massage all the internal glands and organs of the body in a thorough manner, including those – such as the prostate – that hardly get externally stimulated during our entire lifetime. Yoga acts in a wholesome manner on the various body parts. This stimulation and massage of the organs in turn is thought to strengthen the immune system, or body defense system.
- Detoxification – By gently stretching muscles and joints as well as massaging the various organs, yoga is thought to provide optimum blood supply to various parts of the body. This helps in flushing out toxins, as well as providing nourishment, leading to an increased zest for life.
- Toning the muscles – Muscles that have become soft or out of shape, weak, or flabby are stimulated repeatedly to shed excess flab (become less flaccid) and thus,become better toned.
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Within the next few weeks final exams will arrive at your door. You may be thinking it's a little too early to talk about final exams. Trust, it's never too early to start preparing. We tend to forget that preparation means planning ahead, and instead we procrastinate. Social Media 101 offers 10 study tips for final exams. Read through these tips and plan the next few weeks accordingly, and avoid stress. It's important to keep your energy levels high and your stress low. In order to achieve this use your available study time more efficiently by organizing a calendar. Go grab your calendar, start planning, start studying, and be ready to welcome your final exam when it knocks.
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Don't be so blasé about people loving fintech
Chris Skinner: If you build it, they will come. Or will they?
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I find it interesting, as we move towards Open Banking and Open APIs through regulations at both the U.K. and E.U. levels: The push is for data sharing with trusted third parties with user consent.
All well and good, you would think.
But several surveys point to it not being quite so rosy.
The typical report cites consumer lack of trust as the issue, and that they wouldn't feel secure having their data used by any third parties, even ones the banks trust. This was documented in The Telegraph where some discussions of their recent future of fintech conference is covered. (I chaired the session on Open Banking.)
Psst … you're already doing it, folks
According to the newspaper, two-thirds of consumers in the U.K. say they won't share their financial data with a third party, and more than half (53%) say they would never change how they bank.
This is a fairly Luddite view, and reminds me of people who say they would never use mobile payments but are happy to have Apple in-app and iTune purchases run away on their phone, or paying by credit card for their Uber rides.
These are mobile payments, but you just don't see it this way.
Similarly, consumers will enjoy the ease of use of Open APIs to live their lives without cash and coins. They just won't realize that they're using Open APIs when their Facebook marketplace purchase is checked out with a swipe or their online donation to charity is made through Stripe.
The thing of it is …
However, there is a serious point to this, which is that (some) consumers are really nervous about money and wouldn't enjoy their bank exposing them to risk. This is why some don't even use online banking, let alone mobile banking.
For example, according to a recent report, in the U.K., Lloyds, Barclays, and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) have around 8 million, 5.7 million, and 4.2 million mobile banking customers each, respectively.
However, between them, they serve almost 80 million accounts and so 18 million mobile banking customers is around 25% of the customer base.
This means that 75% of U.K. consumers still don't trust mobile banking, even though it's been around over five years. The first mobile banking app was launched by Barclays in 2012.
Even more notably, a third of UK bank customers don't even use online banking today.
Face it: Tech folks love this more than others
What I often feel is that the technologists believe far more in banking technologies than the users. Yes, there is a large crowd of people who like the fintech start-ups such as TransferWise, Atom, and Monzo.
But there are a far larger crowd of people who don't, and it'll take time to educate them to change before they do.
This is why it is imperative for financial pundits to show people the benefits and incentives for switching to new technologies and trusted third parties, rather than just sitting and waiting.
Rolling out new apps is all well and good. But if the majority of customers miss the point, then things will stay the same.
This blog is taken with permission from The Finanser, Chris Skinner's blog.
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|Ability of Triage Decision Rules for Rapid Electrocardiogram to Identify Patients With Suspected ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction.
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|BACKGROUND:: The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for ST-elevation myocardial infarction state that an electrocardiogram (ECG) should be performed on patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome upon presentation to the emergency department (ED) within 10 minutes. OBJECTIVE:: To determine how previously published clinical criteria for obtaining an ECG at ED triage perform in a population of patients receiving emergency cardiac catheterization for suspected myocardial infarction. This rule was originally derived by Graff to identify clinical criteria for obtaining an ECG at triage to rapidly identify patients with acute myocardial infarction. The Graff rule was developed in a setting where lytic therapy was the primary reperfusion strategy. A modification proposed by Glickman adds several more criteria in an effort to capture additional patients. We hypothesized that the Graff rule would identify most patients for whom the cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) was activated and that the Glickman rule would capture the remaining patients. METHODS:: Three trained physician reviewers retrospectively applied the Graff decision rule to 430 consecutive patients from a database of emergency CCL activations by ED physicians. The Graff rule recommends that patients between the ages of 30 and 49 years received a rapid ECG if they complained of chest pain and those aged 50 years or older received a rapid ECG when they complained of chest pain, shortness of breath, palpitations, weakness, or syncope. The newly developed Glickman rule, which included nausea and vomiting in patients over the age of 80 years, was applied to the patients where the Graff rule was negative. The triage note or earliest medical contact documentation was used to determine whether the patient's complaints would have resulted in a rapid ECG by the decision rule. Each case was reviewed for acute myocardial infarction as defined by high-grade stenosis on the subsequent emergent cardiac catheterization. A single data collection Microsoft Excel spreadsheet was used, and descriptive statistics were performed in Excel and Stata. RESULTS:: Of the 430 CCL activations, 415 (97%; 95% confidence interval, 95%-99%) were identified by the Graff rule. Of the 12 patients who were not identified by the rule, only 2 more were identified by the Glickman criteria. Among patients with confirmed ST-elevation myocardial infarction (79% of CCL activations), the Graff rule was 98% sensitive (95% confidence interval, 96%-99%). CONCLUSIONS:: The Graff ECG triage rule identified almost all patients for whom the CCL was activated. Modification of the rule as proposed by Glickman added very little to the rule's sensitivity, while increasing the number of ECGs required at triage.
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England's famous seducer of other men's wives lays siege to his sister-in-law in the first "battle" of Ayckbourn's celebrated trilogy The Norman Conquests. In Table Manners, the action occurs in the dining room of Mother's house, where a conventional middle-class family is attempting to have a pleasant country weekend. But they are no match for Norman, the bane of the family, who horrifies everyone by doing exactly as he likes.
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Jack Pallance commented 2015-11-09 16:35:55 -0500
I'd like liberals to explain to me why it is OK for Canada to be part of the Cuba and North Korea family, and has a government operated and funded TV and radio network? Pretty basic that state run media is a threat to any freedom loving person. The media needs to be separate from the government. No?


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Hi everyone 🙂
So, Silenced has been out a few weeks now and I'm working on marketing and pushing the whole Quinn Winters series, along with Cutting Through the Darkness since it's in Kindle Unlimited.
Life continues to move on as it always does. It has its ups and down, but with each passing day we grow stronger, smarter and ready to take on the next. Now, I'm working on my next two books and I finally feel ready to consistently write. For me, there is always a period after a release of mixed emotions. Sometimes it's hard to get back into writing, but then I push myself to start writing and I remember why I love it.
I love losing myself in the words and the worlds that I've created in my mind. Every day a new story comes into my head and I walk it through from beginning to end. Sometimes, I'll end up scribbling some ideas down, others I'll finish out in my mind and let float away. But, each day I have a new world to lose myself in and I want to share that with people.
Like I've said before, I write because I have to and because I love it. Writing has always been a happy place for me and I won't let anyone take that away from me.
I hope you all have your own happy places you go, places that let you escape from reality for just a bit and feel free.
Until later <3
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Pop star Peter Noone, Herman of the Hermits, got a special present on his twenty-first birthday Tuesday (5-11-68) - a bride. Herman married Mireille Strasser, 22 year old daughter of a French company director, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Mayfair, London. Herman said she was the only girl he had ever dated who didn't know exactly who he was. He first met her only four months ago. Mireille wore a stunning Ł400 outfit topped with a "veil" of snow-white ostrich feathers. Earlier, Herman, last of the Hermits to marry, had been served with a summons alleging a currency offence. He said: "The police were very charming - but what a wedding present!"
Picture shows: The bride Mireille and groom Herman pictured after the ceremony.
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APPAM is extending the deadline to April 24th, in an attempt to provide extra time to prepare proposals, considering the public health context.
On July 21 APPAM hosted the first in a series of Student Brown Bag events at the University Club in Washington, DC. Big Data and Science & Technology Policy was attended by more than 50 policy students of all levels.
The discussion panel was moderated by David Morar, Ph.D. Student, George Mason University School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs and participants included:
Students had the opportunity to hear practitioners and academics specializing in big data, science and technology, data collection and analysis address questions such as how the federal government and the private sector are using big data, the trade-off between privacy rights and data-driven innovations, the challenges involved with acquiring and analyzing data and what changes we are seeing in policy due to the advances in data collection.
Dr. David Hart, George Mason University School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs provided an academic's perspective on the use of big data. Dr. Hart expressed a cautionary tone on the use and reliance on big data. He said, "A qualitative grounding is important for students and that there needs to be a reality check on data."
He went on to say that as researchers students "need to go through established processes to ensure that privacy of data is maintained."
Dr. David Johnson, Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis provided a practitioner's perspective on the use of big data. In his job as the Chief Economist at the U.S. Department of Commerce he explained that he works a lot with government program surveys. He shared with the students that the response rate to most surveys is low. He said that, the use of big data allows for drilling down to compare difference sources of data. This is particularly helpful in examining Medicare claims.
He quipped that, "data sharing is a lot more complicated than it sounds." When working with administrative data it is important to collaborate with other entities that hold sources of data.
He advised students that, "data without context is useless." He suggested that along with the ability to analyze data sets it is important to have programming skills. He ended by pondering whether a large data set could be created by the federal government for use by multiple entities. He summarized that this is probably not a reality in the next 10 years!
Amanda Parsad, Senior Scientist, Abt Associates provided a private sector perspective of the use of big data. She explained to the students that a large number of her clients are federal government agencies that hire Abt Associates to perform an evaluation of their programs.
She said that, "it's sometime a challenge to gain access to and use agency data in providing an analysis of their programs." She went on to say that, "standardizing data across databases can sometimes take months. All of this has to happen before analysis can take place."
Amanda explained that a lot of the work she does involves dealing with massive comparison groups which she said, "takes a lot of time to get at the data you want."
She cautioned the students that when using data sets provided by other sources privacy issues and sharing guidelines must be strictly observed.
David Morar, Ph.D. student at George Mason University's School of Policy, Government and International Affairs added that, "As a student access to data sets is sometimes a challenge."
Amanda Parsad responded by saying that, "there needs to be a dialogue between schools and holders of data so access to data is easier."
The consensus among the panelists was that "Big Data" is a topic of increasing focus among researchers, practitioners and students. Going forward policies regulating the use of large data sets and their dissemination will need to be refined as the technology and data collection changes.
After a questions and answers session there was a networking session for students and panel participants.
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Q: Tell me the reasons you've been attracted to a life of creation, whether as a writer or an artist.
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Kurt Vonnegut : I've been drawing all my life, just as a hobby, without really having shows or anything. It's just an agreeable thing to do, and I recommend it to everybody. I always say to people, practice an art, no matter how well or badly [you do it], because then you have the experience of becoming, and it makes your soul grow. That includes singing, dancing, writing, drawing, playing a musical instrument. One thing I hate about school committees today is that they cut arts programs out of the curriculum because they say the arts aren't a way to make a living. Well, there are lots of things worth doing that are no way to make a living. [Laughs.] They are agreeable ways to make a more agreeable life.
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To which accounts does the wash sale rule apply?
The wash sale rule applies to all of your accounts, including your non-taxable retirement accounts, no matter where they are held. If you have multiple accounts with Wealthfront, we will monitor trades across your entire Wealthfront investment portfolio to avoid wash sale issues. If you also hold our selected ETFs in non-Wealthfront accounts, you should be mindful of the wash sale rule.
We keep our tax-loss harvesting clients up-to-date on the ETFs we may choose on their behalf. We may trade these same ETFs on a client's behalf throughout the year (depending on market conditions). Clients who trade these ETFs elsewhere (or their index fund share classes), will need to verify that the wash sale rule has not invalidated short-term losses that we harvest for them. Note that if you are married, your spouse buying or selling an investment has the same effect as you buying or selling that investment for purposes of the wash sale rule.
Please consult with your personal tax advisor to confirm whether your non-Wealthfront accounts, if any, may be subject to wash sale restrictions. Investors and their personal tax advisors are responsible for how the transactions in both Wealthfront and non-Wealthfront accounts are reported to the IRS or any other taxing authority.
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|Carroll Leadership in Technology Magnet Middle School
All Call 4.27.15
Good Afternoon Carroll Cougar Leaders! This is your principal, Ms. Keech with this week's announcements. A copy of this transcript will be shared through the Carroll Yahoo email group and posted on our website under Keech's Corner.
Cougar families please note that we are pushing back our EOG dates. Our dates for the EOGs have changed to May 26th, 27th and 28th. Please register to be a volunteer and come out to help us proctor these important and required exams. If you have not already volunteered to participate, please contact Ms. Stanley at our front desk and she will get you set up immediately.
On Tuesday, April 28th from 5:00-8:00 pm, we will conduct our rising 6th grade Band Open House. Please come and sign up for an instrument. And speaking of band......have you voted yet for our commercial on Facebook? Please help us get a much needed Tuba for our band. Go to the "Tuba Exchange" Facebook page and scroll down to the posting that says "Band Commercial" and "like" that posting (please do not vote on the Youtube video - only on the Facebook posting). We are about 100 votes down from winning. Please help us out and "like" now.
Please don't forget that this Friday, May 1st and Saturday, May 2nd we are presenting our spring musical "Into the Woods" at 7:00 in our auditorium. Come and see all of the talent that Carroll has.
As a reminder, please go to our website tab for any tablet issues.
And, as it gets warmer - please remind your children about our dresscode, making sure that your child's shorts and skirts are meeting their fingertips and the pants aren't sagging.
The rest of this message is for rising 7th grade parents: Parents of rising 7th graders, the immunization laws have changed for the 15-16 school year. Please refer to our website for additional immunizations that your child must have prior to the start of the 15-16 school year.
That's all for now! Gooooooooo Cougars!
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June 2015
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May, Sharp headline Eaton fight night
Nathaniel May and Luke Sharp are the main attractions on Peter Stokes' show at the Eaton Recreation Centre in Bunbury tonight.
Super-featherweight May fights in front of his home crowd against Sydney-based Korean Hwi Jong Kim, using the fight as a tune-up for his revenge bid against Waylon Law next month.
Law inflicted May's only pro los in a six-round war in Brisbane in February and the West Australian's new promoter Ty Colman has secured a rematch at the WA Italian Club for the end of August.
Sharp also suffered a first defeat on that card in Queensland five months ago, but he can pick up a second win in three weeks against durable NSW middleweight Steven Ma tonight.
Sharp was convincing against Wade Ryan at last month's Thunderdome show at Metro City, where Ma was outpointed by Wes Capper.
In preparing for this fight Sharp has been sparring Matt Garlett, who challenges for the Australian super-featherweight title against champion Kye Mackenzie in Newcastle next Friday.
And next Saturday, unbeaten Perth lightweight Clint Hosking can move into the WBC top 15 if he beats Indonesian Roy Tua Manihuruk on the CDL Western Alliance 13 show at the WA Italian Club.
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Mycinas was first inhabited during Neolithic times and is located between Corinth and Argos, on top of a hill halfway up the Euboea Mountain
It was a citadel palace that included extensive fortifications, shrines and private dwellings. The site continued to be inhabited until the end of the third century AD. Mycenae was first discovered in 1874 by the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, who began excavation in search of gold and believed the site he had found to be the home of Agamemnon, the leader of the Greek assault on Troy. Highlights at Mycenae, which is one of the most popular attractions in Greece, include the Citadel, the Treasury of Atreus, the Lion Gate and the Royal Cemetery.


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The 2015 UMD Block Show took place on Hornbake Plaza this past Saturday, bringing together the diverse ethnic community here at College Park. The Block Show happens each spring semester and is an opportunity for various dance clubs and Greek organizations to display their talents. More importantly, these clubs and organizations contain a majority of black and brown students, who are able to express themselves and their culture through the event.
The show was emceed by alumni Greeks and kicked off with performances from dance organizations such as Phunktions and Dynamics.
Sanya Oluwafemi, a sophomore and member of Phunktions, was very excited about performing at the Block Show for the first time. For her, the Block Show is important because it celebrates black organizations while providing a space for the students to connect with their heritage.
"I think often times we forget our roots and our heritage and celebrating black fraternities and sororities is definitely a good thing," Oluwafemi said.
For other students, the Block Show was a chance to catch up with friends and relax before the stress of Finals takes over.
Sophomore Kinesiology major Kalia Williams was glad to have an opportunity to reconnect with friends and classmates saying "I went to Block Show because it's the one time that everyone in the black community at UMD comes together."
The community aspect was also the major appeal of the Block Show for senior Amyla Kendrick and sophomore Jumoke Kadiri.
Overall, the importance of the Block Show stems from the sense of community that the event encourages. Current students and alumni come together, reconnect and bond over the performances all while developing a richer community here at UMD. A community that students say can often be overlooked at a university as big and diverse as this one.


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The hypothesis behind the launch of the Sun Life Canadian Unretirement Index in 2008 was that baby boomers were going to transform retirement. This would be a safe bet, we thought. Boomers have left their mark on just about every major aspect of social life in Canada. Why would retirement be any different?
Despite a move toward early retirement that began in the 1980s, we believed that the opposite was taking hold. Boomers — many of whom enjoy successful careers in white-collar professions — would keep working past 65. Many enjoy the work they do, and they place tremendous value on the lifestyle it affords them. Why stop? At a time when it is no longer uncommon to live to 90 or even 100, 65 seems an increasingly arbitrary age to pack it in.
What we didn't know (or at least, what I was blissfully unaware of) was that a global financial crisis was brewing. We launched our first annual survey in the fall of 2008, just as the country was trying to figure out what the fall of Lehman Brothers could possibly mean to Canadians. In the years that followed, we tracked a growing sense of pessimism and anxiety among respondents.
We were right about late retirement. But few saw working past 65 as a lifestyle decision. This had become a story of economic reality. Among those who expect to be working at 66 in this year's study, fully two-thirds told us they expect to do so because they need to, rather than want to.
But there's something else going on this year. One of the story lines picked up after last week's Unretirement Index release was a minor uptick in confidence. As Jim Yih, author of the Retire Happy blog, wrote: "It may be premature to call this a trend but there are many signs showing some emerging optimism about retirement."
Three key findings:
- On average, Canadians expect to retire at 66. That's still a late retirement, of course, but it's down a full year from the average expected age of 67 last year. The year before that, the expected retirement age reached a record high of 69. This year's result is the lowest number we've seen in four years.
- More Canadians are satisfied with their retirement savings. Thirty-eight per cent of respondents told us they are either very satisfied (8%) or somewhat satisfied (30%). One year ago, only 34% said they were satisfied.
- Fewer Canadians believe they'll run out of money in retirement. Each year we ask: "Do you think there is a serious risk you could outlive your retirement savings?" One-third (33%) of Canadians said yes this year, compared to 38% who said the same a year ago.
Of course I'm not going to hold these numbers up as proof of a dramatic turnaround. They're hardly that.
But there is movement here on three important questions. Viewed together, they appear to represent the early stages of a recovery in confidence among Canadians about their retirement plans.


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Pizza Hut )mobile2win)
Pizza Hut
To encourage consumers to register for Pizza Hut's V.I.P Club through interactive campaigns and promotion of the WAP site.
- mobile2win conceptualised and implemented Pizza Hut's first major mobile campaign in India, which utilised various elements of the mobile marketing ecosystem including SMS, WAP advertising and a customised WAP site.
- Consumers were encouraged to send PH to mobile2win's shortcode- 58558 for a chance to win Pizza Hut gift vouchers.
- A WAP site was specially created for the promotion, which consumers could access to register for the V.I.P club and avail of a host of privileges.
- The WAP site was also promoted through banners placed in Motozone and mobile2win's WAP site.
The campaign has been a major success, garnering over 10,000 responses over a period of 3 weeks. The WAP site recorded over 350 hits.
About mobile2win
Mobile2Win is a leading mobile VAS company in India that provides - Contests & Interactivity, Music and Infotainment to mobile consumers through its proprietary Consumer Services Delivery Platform. Mobile2Win uses a multi-channel distribution strategy that includes wireless carriers, handset manufacturers and direct-to-consumer channels.


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If you're looking for a simple holy card to complete the perfect Catholic gift, you will find exactly what you are looking for in our Catholic Holy Cards gift section. These simple religious gifts can be the most impactful and will surely be cherished by whoever receives the gift. View the selection below to find the perfect one for you or a loved one.


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Synthetic Cardiac Stem Cells Offer Less Risks
Stem cell therapy represents a promising strategy in regenerative medicine. However, cells need to be carefully preserved and processed before usage. In addition, cell transplantation carries immunogenicity and/or tumourigenicity risks.
Mounting lines of evidence indicate that stem cells exert their beneficial effects mainly through secretion (of regenerative factors) and membrane-based cell–cell interaction with the injured cells. Here, we fabricate a synthetic cell-mimicking microparticle (CMMP) that recapitulates stem cell functions in tissue repair.
CMMPs carry similar secreted proteins and membranes as genuine cardiac stem cells do. In a mouse model of myocardial infarction, injection of CMMPs leads to the preservation of viable
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What better way to top off your wedding on the beach, garden wedding or chapel wedding than to spend your honeymoon in beautiful Myrtle Beach? If you're seeking the convenience of making your wedding at the beach and honeymoon arrangements with one easy choice, we offer the Love, Honor & Cherish, Happily Ever After, Cloud 9 and Platinum wedding packages that feature oceanfront accommodations in the Romance Suites at Sea Mist Oceanfront.
Sea Mist Oceanfront, located in the heart of Myrtle Beach, is a 15-acre hotel of choice for those vacationing in Myrtle Beach. Accommodations range from studios to suites with ocean views, spa tubs, and other amenities including indoor and outdoor swimming pools, restaurant, sauna, and more. The resort is also minutes away from nearby attractions, Myrtle Beach International Airport, and a number of excellent local restaurants.


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We are leaving no stone unturned to reach out to you and help you get extraordinary benefits solutions. Get in touch with us at the events we're attending! Take quick demos, in-person interactions with benefits administrators, clear your doubts and queries and find out what next we are coming up with!
TeemWurk Benefits Bus is the ultimate solution to all benefits, payroll, HR & EDI needs. With our SaaS-based software solutions, small & medium companies are offered a magical chance to optimize their benefits administration aligning with latest regulatory provisions.
Our Magical Benefits Bus is moving all across the country, and we would be really delighted to see you at a Benefits event near your city! Attendees are assured to have the opportunity to witness live software demonstrations, and consult the domain experts in person. Additionally, get the benefit of grabbing knowledge through industry experts on using technology for staying HIPAA & ACA compliant while managing employee benefits.
|TAHU 28th Annual Convention - Dallas, TX
This year, the convention is following the theme- "Continue to find new doors". TeemWurk is your ultimate destination waiting for you at Booth # 404 with the extraordinary services and solutions.
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|NHRMA 77th Annual Conference & Tradeshow
This year the conference is set on the theme-"Keep HR Sizzling: Fresh Ingredients for a New Economy" and TeemWurk is all set to attend the grand HR feast with BAC. Find us at Booth # 6
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|TAHU 27th Annual Convention - San Antonio, TX
This year the convention is following the theme- "Refresh -Recharge-Renew-The Difference is You!" and TeemWurk is all set to give a kick start to your smooth road to benefits administration. Find us at Booth # 215
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|Health & Benefits Leadership Conference - Las Vegas
|To get the healthcare benefits market insights and know the best way to control the costs involved, visit TeemWurk @ Booth # 208 at the "Health & Benefits Leadership Conference".
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The power of words to enchant and to enlighten influences and guides the goals of the English Department. Students are engaged in the development of skills as well as the appreciation of ideas.
In every course, we expect students to move closer to achieving the following goals: • Become life long readers who find that reading is a joy • Learn the elements of literary analysis • Develop and expand vocabulary knowledge • Sharpen reasoning skills • Learn to approach writing as a process • Discover an authentic voice in writing • Participate confidently in discourse • Use critical and supplemental materials appropriately
Grade 9: Ancient Literature Grade 10: British and World Literature Grade 11: American Literature or Honors American Literature Grade 12: Modern American Literature, AP English Language, AP English Literature, Science Fiction: Utopias and Dystopias, Creative Writing, or Truth or FictionIn addition, many high school students elect to enroll in independent studies/special topics to further pursue concepts related to literature and writing. Sample independent studies/special topic courses include: Novel Writing, Modern Absurdism, Donne & Milton, Jane Austen, Dystopian Fiction, Writers of the Beat Generation, David Foster Wallace, Modern Poetry, and much more.
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The European Commission, Member States and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat have successfully completed all the testing required for connecting to the UN's international carbon credit registry. The EU's Community Independent Transaction Log (CITL) and Member State registries will be connected to the UN's International Transaction Log (ITL) before December 2008 at the latest. The link will mean carbon credits issued under the Clean Development Mechanism can be transferred to the registries of EU Member States.
Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said: "I welcome the successful outcome of the testing phase. This now paves the way for the transfer of credits from the Clean Development Mechanism into the EU registry system. Linking up with the UN's carbon credit registry will further strengthen Europe's leading role in the global carbon market."
Two systems working together
The EU's Community Independent Transaction Log (CITL) and the UN's International Transaction Log (ITL) are electronic accounting systems which keep track of emission allowances or carbon credits of companies participating in the carbon market. The CITL, which has been operational since 2005, is the central registry for tracking ownership of allowances in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). The International Transaction Log (ITL) keeps track of various types of UN credits from countries that have signed up to the Kyoto Protocol.
The linking of the two systems will enable companies to transfer certified emission reductions (CERs) issued under the Clean Development Mechanism into their accounts in Member State registries. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) allows countries with an emission reduction commitment under the Kyoto Protocol to implement an emission reduction project in developing countries. These projects earn saleable certified emission reduction (CER) credits, each equivalent to one tonne of CO2, which can be counted towards meeting Kyoto targets. As CERs can be used to offset emissions under the EU ETS, the link is crucial to ensure that operators have access to an adequate supply of carbon credits.
The two systems will control and track transactions jointly. Currently, each Member State registry is connected to the CITL. After the ITL and CITL are connected, each Member State registry will be connected to the ITL only and each transaction involving an EU Member State will be passed on to the CITL for recording and additional checks.
Testing successfully completed
The European Commission, Member States and the UNFCCC Secretariat have carried out two rehearsals to test technical procedures. The first test-run, which took place from 15 to 30 May, involved five Member States. The second rehearsal, from 18 July to 4 August involved all Member States, as well as non-EU registries in Russia, Japan and New Zealand. These tests have now been successfully completed.
Next steps
The Commission is currently working with the UNFCCC Secretariat to fix the precise date for the official connection, which will be announced shortly. During the connection procedure, the Commission and Member States will suspend all registry operations for a maximum period of seven calendar days.
Further information
- http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/emission/
- http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/emission/citl_en.htm
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Upohar, meaning "gift" in Bengali, was established in 2011 as a social impact catering business in Lancaster, Pa., with a mission to offer the gift of distinctive global cuisine to customers, and the gift of employment opportunity to newly arrived refugees in the city.
Today, Upohar LLC is a certified B Corporation, where customers can affordably dine on global cuisine, celebrate the culture of our staff, and contribute to the lives of people who might otherwise fall through the cracks of our system.
We employ, train, and pay living wages to people experiencing significant barriers to workforce entry (such as newly resettled refugees or people experiencing homelessness), and put them on a path to economic self-sufficiency. We partner with local agencies to provide human services to our employees, to help them be stable and secure in their personal lives.
Our business units are:
- Upohar Vegetarian Restaurant, serves vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free food from all over the world
- Global Flavors Catering, provides full-service catering for corporate or private events, offering global and American cuisine
- Christina's Criollo, a stand at Lancaster Central Market serving authentic Puerto Rican cuisine
We strive to be a triple bottom line business that considers the impact on people, planet, and profit when making business decisions.
The management team includes Srirupa Dasgupta, founder/owner; and Christina Maldonado, chef/owner.
Srirupa Dasgupta, founder/owner of Upohar and certified Integral Coach®, brings to her business and her coaching practice a deep understanding of the leader's role in building successful organizations. Read more.
Christina Maldonado has an associates degree in Culinary Arts & Restaurant Management from the Pennsylvania School of Culinary Arts, Lancaster, PA. She is passionate about providing memorable experiences at all our locations: restaurant, market stand, and catered events. Christina is proud to offer delicious Puerto Rican food (family recipes that reminds one of "abuelita's cooking") in our menus.


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Hank's Root Beer
Hank's Root Beer
Philadelphia is the birthplace of root beer. The flavor for Hank's was developed from an old Philadelphia root beer recipe. Pure cane sugar and gourmet quality ingredients enhance the body, head, mouth feel, and flavor. Hank's has created the richest, smoothest, and creamiest soda possible. A true gourmet root beer.
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Which additional information can I have about Zenopontonia rex photo? Below, you will find additional information given by the author and the related information of this photo.
Title: Zenopontonia rex
Photographer: Stefano Stefano Scortegagna
Taken on: 2015-10-10 20:08:00
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A girl whose blog I follow has a thing called "Not Me" Mondays. It's sort of a denying confessional (or is it confessing denial?) about things you did(n't) do.
Here is mine (even though it's not Monday)....
I did not take a picture of my husband from the upstairs window - without his knowledge - washing his car while mooning, er, moonlighting as a plumber.
Here is evidence that I didn't do such a thing.
PICTURE DELETED...Sorry if you missed out on the picture of my husband before I deleted it.
See honey, it could have been worse. Yours was waaaay better than this guy's.
I did not buy KC an Easter dress (Eric would kill me)...
And she did not run around in circles like a lunatic trying to tear it off...
I did not take the dress back after taking her picture in it (it was too big for her anyway).
I'm going to start my own thing called, appropriately for today, "I Wonder Why" Wednesdays.
- ...15-year-old boys tease Eric at school for being tall. Grow up. This is not third grade.
- ...Eric's friends don't get their driver's permits as soon as they are allowed (hence delaying obtaining their license)
- ....I would rather write on my blog than iron.
- ....I don't want to exercise when it's dreary outside (matter of fact, I don't want to do much!)
- ...teenagers can be so ungrateful.
- ...I love my teenager even when he's ungrateful.
Email me your Wonder Why's to firstname.lastname@example.com or write them in the comment section on this blog. I'll post them (anonymously) here. Remember, they can be serious, funny or totally random.
Coming tomorrow...Thankful Thursdays. Tell me what you're thankful for.


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The Importance of Being Self-Employed
If you are self-employed you fall under the category of sole trader, freelancer or you own your own business. With self-employment you automatically become your own boss. Being the boss to the business implies that you will make choices that will have a great impact to the money within the business. When you become your own business you are free to dictate the time that you want to work as well as the place that you want to conduct the job. When you become self-employed you have to ensure that you are incurring the importance of becoming self-employed. The following are some of the benefits that you are likely to enjoy when you are self-employed.
One of the good things about self-employment is that you are the one who will decide when you want to work. When you are employed by a certain organization, the organization dictates when you will work. However, when you are self-employed you can even choose to work at the time that you are available when you are self-employed. On the other hand, as you are working for yourself you will now be having less work in relation to when you were employed by another organization. For instance, in self-employment, you can decide to carry on your responsibilities during the morning hours and then in the afternoon you have your leisure time. Therefore, you realize that when you are your own boss you will be able to enjoy flextime.
Another benefit that you will enjoy when you are self-employed is that you will enjoy a flexible place. When you have a good WIFI connection you can be able to work in the location of your choice. Usually, with freelancing you are capable of working in your house, as you only need to arrange a small place and become your office. Therefore, you will be able to work in your home and you will not have to travel to the job place. For a more comfortable location, you can even work on the beach as you enjoy the vacation. When you are self-employed you are capable of selecting the place where you want to work.
If you can be able to get a laptop and a phone it is possible to log in to your cloud-based system and documents and converse with your clients. With a good laptop and phone, you can be able to access your documents at any place that you are. The vuelos Baratos vivaaerobus agencies can be a good source of help in getting a good office space if you are unable to locate one. As you contract the vuelos Baratos vivaaerobus agencies you will save on cost.