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This design-build project included the construction of a 56,800-square-foot metal building that ties into the existing active storage building of the Lafarge Gypsum Plant. The building houses a Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) moving and blending machine, which takes the FGD from its storage state directly to the active storage building. This, in turn, takes the FGD to the plant for processing. The building serves as storage for FGD, and also protects neighboring businesses from any dusting issues.
During the design phase, a unique drainage system was designed to naturally remove moisture from the FGD. The PCL team and design partner sloped the interior floor of the entire building to allow gravity to drain water away from the FGD pile. This unique drainage system led to reduced energy costs for the client during the drywall production process.
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San Antonio, Texas, October 3, 2016: District Attorney Nico LaHood announced today that after further investigation, charges have been upgraded for a trio accused of tying up children in the backyard of a northeast Bexar County home and abandoning them. Porucha Phillips, age 34, Deandre Dorch, age 36, and Cheryl Reed, age 30, are now charged with the first degree offense of Injury to a Child – Serious Bodily Injury and the second degree offense of Child Abandonment.
The trio had been charged with Injury to a Child – Bodily Injury – a charge that would only allow for a sentence up to 10 years in prison. The new indictments allow the State to seek punishment up to life in prison on all three defendants. A Bexar County Grand Jury upgraded charges on the three individuals based on our continued investigation into the facts of this case.
On April 28, 2016, a resident on the 8100 block of Chipping called 911 after hearing a child cry for several hours. Bexar County Sheriff's deputies showed up the location and looked over the fence, where they discovered two young children tied up in the backyard. The children, ages 3 and 4, were tied with a dog chain and leash. One of the children was tied up by the wrists and the other by the ankles. Deputies set both children free and they were transported to the hospital for treatment. The two children had numerous injuries. Inside the home, deputies found six children, ranging in age from 10 months old to 11 years old. All of the children were without adult supervision.
Phillips, the mother of the six children inside the home, showed up to the home with Dorch, an hour later. Reed, the mother of the two children found outside tied up, claims she was in California. She returned to San Antonio several days later. The trio were all friends who had recently moved from California. All three defendants were questioned by Bexar County Sheriff's Office investigators. All of the children are in the care of Child Protective Services.
Injury to a Child – Serious Bodily Injury is a first degree felony, punishable by 5 to 99 years or life in prison and up to a $10,000.00 fine. Child Abandonment is a second degree felony, punishable by 2 to 20 years in prison and up to a $10,000.00 fine. Phillips, Dorch, and Reed are awaiting trial out of the 187th District Court. The District Attorney's Office Child Abuse Unit will be prosecuting the cases against the defendants.


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Live on Arrival
By David Templeton
Writer David Templeton takes interesting people to interesting movies in his ongoing quest for the ultimate post-film conversation. This time around, he connects up with the controversial brat-pack novelist Jay McInerney (Bright Lights, Big City) to see the new aliens-are-among-us science-fiction thriller, The Arrival. A strange little man has attached himself to McInerney.
As the end credits for Charlie Sheen's eerie new conspiracy-flick, The Arrival, roll across the screen, a short, trench-coated fellow, having recognized my guest as a famous author--though unable to recall his name--is now trailing him up the aisle, pummeling him with questions, speaking in hushed, clandestine tones as if he and McInerney were members of some secret underground cabal.
"You know the actor who played that guy who was talking to that guy?" he mutters, glancing about suspiciously, lowering his voice. "Didn't he look kind of familiar?" The question hangs there like a tiny UFO, defying any logical response. We exit the theater.
He follows, chatting away, until we finally lose him by ducking into a diner a few blocks up the street.
"Man, is he gone yet?" McInerney laughs, peering out the window as he slips into a corner booth. "That was really weird."
We are in San Francisco, where the New Yorkbased author is spending a few days to promote his new novel, The Last of the Savages (Knopf, 1996). A strong, ambitious work, McInerney's latest is sure to test those readers who know him for Bright Lights, Big City, the novel that established his career. Though Savages explores some of the same class-struggle issues as all of his work, this finely crafted tale of two friends who meet amid the social upheaval of the '60s and take divergent paths through the next four decades, is funnier, sadder, and wiser by far than anything he has produced to date.
"I do watch the X-Files," McInerney confesses, alluding to the subject of alien invasions explored in The Arrival.
"I like the general atmosphere of paranoia. It's not so much that I believe in the paranormal, but the whole idea--and it's actually a kind of '60s idea--that you can't trust the authorities, that there is a sort of authoritarian conspiracy from the top of the government on down. Something that was borne out, in a way, by Watergate.
"That's exactly what my book is about," he says, surprising himself by finding a connection between his novel and the movie. "The book is about the question of what happened to that alleged revolution of the '60s. That's when the seeds of distrust were sown. That was when paranoia began to be hip--not only becoming fashionable, but becoming general."
But wasn't the paranoia of the '60s preceded by the Red Scare of the '50s, with all of the McCarthyist, anti-communist witch hunts? "That was very different," he replies. "That was a sort of an external threat, the fear of being infected by something from outside. But in the '60s, the idea was not that the Communists were evil; it was our own people.
"I think that since then--particularly after Vietnam--the concept of distrusting the government, distrusting authority at all levels, has sort of spread out to the general population. It used to be sort of an elitist, countercultural idea, you know? Now it's been taken over by the right wing. The most popular conspiracy theory is this one-world government led by the United Nations that's supposedly about to take over. This is propounded by the extreme conservatives. They've co-opted the paranoia, and the anti-establishment language even, of the left in the '60s.
"This is fun!" McInerney exclaims suddenly, immediately launching into a spirited exploration of how The Arrival would have been different had it been filmed in the '50s.
"In the alien movies of the '50s," he suggests, "obviously, the aliens were all metaphorical communists." Ah yes, the invasion from without. But by the mid-'70s, such peacemaking films as Close Encounters of the Third Kind were redefining the metaphor, going up against the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Alien. By the time E.T. flew in on his bicycle, Americans were ready to accept that communists and extraterrestrials alike were merely harmless, misunderstood fuzzballs. Now, at the end of the '90s, X-Files reigns, and a whole spate of films about the good old alien invasions, from without and from within (Independence Day, Mars Invades, Men in Black), are about to be released.
Does McInerny think that cultural paranoia is a cyclical event?
"It might be a millennial event," he responds. "There is all kinds of apocalyptic thinking that traditionally is associated with end of a century, and in this current case, the end of a millennium. It's a big, scary birthday. There is a lot to be scared of.
"Last of the Savages, actually, was born out of my sense that we're still playing out those battles of the '60s. The so-called Republican Revolution of '94 was kind of a battle to roll back the social and cultural advances of the last 30 years. Civil rights, social justice, artistic freedom: it's the same old battles all over again.
"There's a line in the book, 'I don't remember what the No. 1 song was that year, but paranoia was definitely the hit word.'
"That was true then, and you know what?" he shrugs, "It's still true."
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- People close to President Donald Trump are torn over what should happen to the White House chief of staff, John Kelly.
- Some say it'd be a "lethal" mistake for Trump to oust him.
- Others say he needs to go for his handling of the Rob Porter scandal.
John Kelly's future as the White House chief of staff appears to be in question as the Rob Porter scandal continues to escalate. And President Donald Trump's allies are torn over what should be the fate of the retired Marine general who has fought to bring order to a chaotic West Wing.
Porter, the former White House staff secretary who had an important behind-the-scenes job, resigned last week amid abuse allegations from two ex-wives. Kelly initially released a statement defending Porter, only to release a second statement nearly a full day after the story broke that expressed shock at photographic evidence of the alleged abuse published in the Daily Mail.
Some of Trump's allies say it would be a "lethal" mistake for the president to oust Kelly, who many feel is a stabilizing force within the White House and helped quell some of the backbiting that plagued the administration for much of its first year.
"The president should just move on," a former Trump campaign aide told Business Insider. "Tell his team, 'Let's make sure this never happens again.' Stop prosecuting mistakes publicly. Firing Kelly would be a lethal mistake, and I doubt he is even considering it."
Others say Kelly has burned his remaining credibility with this episode and should be replaced, now that he has gone from the voice of stability to the cause of chaos.
"Kelly is now just another staffer who could get fired any day of the week by Donald J. Trump," said one person close to the White House. "Not that I expect him gone today or tomorrow. This is a lesson in what happens when the stabilizing force becomes the agent of chaos."
Anthony Scaramucci, the former White House communications director, tweeted Tuesday that Kelly's handling of the scandal was "inexcusable."
"Kelly must resign," he wrote.
'Much ado about nothing'
Several top White House officials have sought to squash the idea that Kelly's job is in jeopardy. The White House counselor, Kellyanne Conway; the deputy press secretary, Raj Shah; the legislative affairs director, Marc Short; and Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, have all in recent days either denied that Trump is seeking to replace Kelly or expressed scepticism over reporting that Kelly could be on the way out.
"I think all the stories about replacing General Kelly are from people who are unhappy they have lost access to the president," Mulvaney told Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday." "It's much ado about nothing."
Some of those stories included Vanity Fair reporting Thursday that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were discussing possible replacements for Kelly and that the former Trump campaign managerCorey Lewandowski called Trump and told him to fire the chief of staff.
The Washington Post reported Tuesday that much of Kelly's colleagues had lost faith in him. One White House official described Kelly to The Post as a "big fat liar."
Names of his potential replacements have been floated all week: Trump's chief economic adviser, Gary Cohn; Republican Rep. Mark Meadows; House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy; and Mulvaney. One outside adviser to the president even suggested that Trump should consider naming Conway as his chief of staff, rumours she dismissed last weekend.
Publicly, some of Trump's closest allies have held little back in their criticism of the chief of staff. Lewandowski, for instance, told the Fox News radio host Todd Starnes that the "critical mistake was that General Kelly and [White House press secretary] Sarah Huckabee Sanders put out these steadfast statements supporting Mr. Porter before all of the facts of the case were known."
Lewandowski added there were "multiple indications that people in the building had been made aware of this for at least the better part of six months or longer."
"That is the inexcusable part," he continued, adding: "At the end of the day, the chief of staff is the one responsible for the staff of the White House, and I think it's fair to say this particular issue was not handled to the best of the White House's ability."
Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor and another prominent ally, insisted that the public needed to hear from Kelly as to exactly what he knew about Porter and when he knew it.
"And we haven't heard that directly from him yet," he told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. "And I think the president needs to hear that before he can make an evaluation of competence. In the end, George, this is about competence. And you have to, as the chief of staff, be able to competently run the place. If there's allegations against him, the president is going to have to make that call."
'It was all done right'
Contradictory accounts have been presented about Kelly's handling of the allegations against Porter. Porter's ex-wives claimed as part of the Daily Mail story that he physically and mentally abused them in their marriages. Both ex-wives, Colbie Holderness and Jennifer Willoughby, provided the Daily Mail with photographic evidence of the alleged abuse. Porter has denied the allegations.
Two senior officials told The Washington Post that Kelly held a meeting in which he instructed top staffers to describe the lead-up to Porter's resignation from the White House in a contradictory way to the administration's previous accounts. He told the staffers to say he took action to remove Porter within 40 minutes of first learning of credible allegations that Porter physically and mentally abused his two ex-wives, The Post said.
Other reporting suggested that Kelly was aware of the allegations for weeks at the very least, as they were preventing Porter from being able to obtain a permanent security clearance. On Sunday, the news website Axios reported that Porter has told associates he "never misrepresented anything" to Kelly, contradicting the chief of staff's statements on what he knew and when.
On Tuesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee that the bureau alerted the White House to problems with Porter's background check months ago, throwing significant doubt into Kelly's version of events.
For Kelly's part, the crisis has only seemed to prompt him to dig in and defend his stature.
On Monday, Kelly told The Wall Street Journal that he thought the administration had done nothing wrong in its handling of the Porter fallout.
"It was all done right," he insisted.
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Thinking Out Loud: My March Movie Madness
For this week's Thinking Out Loud missive, I wanted to start by talking a bit about the best March releases that I can, well…think off. I initially thought about this after seeing Noah earlier this week, since it's much better than the March release date suggests. Though not a perfect movie by any stretch, it's a quality film brimming with ambition, far more in place for a summer or even winter release as opposed to what this time period that used to be almost a dumping ground. As such, I looked back at some of the more notable flicks to have come out during the month, and lo and behold, we've even had a few Oscar winners hit during the month of March. It's certainly the best of the early season months, that's for sure…
I'm not going to talk about any of the titles specifically, but here's 20 March releases that are definitely better than the early release date would suggest, and they're hardly the only ones. Take a look at this list:
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Erin Brokovich
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Grand Budapest Hotel
High Fidelity
How to Train Your Dragon
The Hunger Games
Inside Man
Jersey Girl
My Cousin Vinny
Panic Room
The Place Beyond the Pines
Primary Colors
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Red State
Spring Breakers
V for Vendetta
Madness, right? Maybe one of these days we'll even get a Best Picture winner out of March. Release date strategies make this somewhat unlikely, but anything is possible…
– Another thing that's been on my mind is how the theatrical experience has changed for me. It's literally been months since I've seen a movie that's not a festival or press screening, so while I'm thrilled not to have to pay to see 99.9% of the 300+ films I see in a year, there's something to be said for the experience of just going to see a flick, sitting through the trailers, and all that jazz. I'm not suddenly going to pass up early screenings just for the smell of popcorn, but sometimes I miss it, you know?
– Finally, I'm trying to find another weekly article series to add to the growing collection I have at the site. So far, I don't have anything particularly in mind, but I might use this space going to forward to test some odder ones out. I'm not sure, but I figured I'd throw this out there right here so I've put it in the universe and at least have to consider it…
Until next week folks, when I'll again do some Thinking Out Loud!


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This document calls upon the Government to take the lead to produce a comprehensive, long term and funded Rural Strategy which should set out the Government's priority objectives over the next decade for England's rural communities and rural economies.
The RSN will launch a campaign in the near future asking other organisations to support its call for a Rural Strategy.
Following a Church of England symposium on rural schooling last week, which was attended by the RSN Chief Executive Graham Biggs and Chair, Councillor Cecilia Motley; Stephen Conway, the Bishop of Ely, has called for a joined-up government strategy for rural areas, as reported by Christian Today. The Bishop of Ely said that he was satisfied with the Government's commitment to keep rural schools open, but continued: 'However, it is clear that these steps alone are insufficient, and an overarching rural strategy is required for the issues facing our countryside communities to be seen together'.
The Bishop of Ely argued that rural school closures are symptomatic of the wider issues affecting rural areas such as housing, infrastructure, broadband, agriculture, business and industry and must all be addressed together.
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If you want to improve your nervous system capacity for emotional self-regulation, nothing is faster than body psychotherapy.
That's because accessing body sensations, movement and imagination directly impacts the nervous system. That's the mind body connection in action!
Body Psychotherapy is a pardigm shift
If you know anything about the band "New Kids on the Block" you'll likely remember how they shifted the music scene to a level that had never been seen. They took elements of the music world that were vital but combined together became explosive. They shifted an entire generation. Organically, all together something brand new emerged.
That's what body psychotherapy is to the field of psychotherapy.
It's like taking pieces of what we know and pulling them together to generate a paradigm shift in thinking about therapy. If you really want to live a BIG life and you're wondering what your first step is, consider body psychotherapy.
Personally speaking, as you may have read throughout this site, I could not have achieved what I have today, without the benefits of body psychotherapy. I've gone from living in the minimus, fearful of posting live on the Net to speaking to hundreds through my writing.
Body psychotherapy expands your life
It's a total body experience. Many folks enter therapy because they have problems managing intense emotions such as anger, fear, and anxiety. Others may be struggling with feeling or identifying more vulnerable feelings such as toxic shame or even love.
Most of us try to overcome these emotional states by talking them away or using distractions (i.e. busy-work, alcohol, watching TV). We can push something away, but generally, it comes back on us. In fact, we often delude ourselves into thinking that we've "worked through" an issue when it temporarily disappears.
Yet, the body is an enormous resource. Involving the body into the process of transformation creates change that's lasting and embodied.
There's no constant vigilance or effort to maintain a behaviour or thought, you feel different because you are different
When body psychotherapy is right for you
Our bodies are not just for carrying our heads around.
When you're uptight, you feel tightness in your chest.
When you're happy, you feel light--in your body.
And when you're sad, you feel heavy--in your body.
Here's the thing, our body impacts our thinking and our thinking reflects our body. It's a "chicken & egg", two-way dance.
We're all familiar with telling our friends about a terrible event. Talking about it makes us agitated, it get's us upset. We feel it in our body. The story triggers the body.
And, typically, we know we're stressed, excited, or emotional because we "think" it. However, the way the brain is wired, it is usually only when body sensations alert us, that the mind gets engaged.
In other words, our emotions and sensations appear first in the body, and only then are noticed by the conscious mind.
Being conscious of emotions, however, doesn't mean that you can control them simply by changing your mind. Still less can the mind alone "re-program" long-standing, non-conscious emotional reactions.
This is where body psychotherapy shines. The approach uses the physical sensations underlying emotional processes as signals to guide therapy. It resolves emotional problems holistically by working directly and interactively with the nervous system as an equal partner. In this way, it effectively addresses problems that are not resolvable by the conscious mind (i.e. "talk therapy") alone.
How does Body Psychotherapy work?
Body psychotherapy exploits the transforming potential of both the left 'thinking' brain and the emotion and sensation-based right brain. I like to think that it augments and enriches the talk-therapy approach, rather than replaces it.
To illustrate, a counseling session might begin like this: you and your therapist would discuss a problem you're having. She would ask how you're feeling about it, and she would ask how those emotions show up in your body. She would invite you to pay attention to any body sensations, images or emotions that appear in that very moment. Then you would work with them under her guidance.
With practice you ultimately become aware of how you experience emotions in your body, and in turn, how they affect your thoughts. More importantly, with repeated attention your nervous system will "learn" to quiet down and regulate itself, even in the face of stress and change in your life.
Body psychotherapy works because the brain is "experience-dependent"
In order to change habitual emotional patterns you need to listen to and respect what the body is telling you. These patterns were laid down in the nervous system to record our earliest experiences of the world, and it is only through new experiences that they can be modified or replaced.
Body psychotherapy exploits this biological fact by working interactively and directly with the nervous system. The idea is to recreate as much as possible the initial conditions in which the emotional patterns were formed so long ago. To accomplish this, the therapist and client must first establish a safe and secure relationship, as the physical and emotional sensations that arise in therapy can often feel overwhelming.
It is only after the uncomfortable or distressing sensations that arise have been experienced and digested that the verbal, analytical powers of the left brain are made effective.
Strictly speaking, body psychotherapy is not an alternative to conventional "talk therapies". But by making the physical manifestations of underlying emotional patterns the core of its approach, it amounts to a new paradigm of psychotherapy.
Why traditional "talk therapies" are limited
Traditional "talk therapies" attempt to change your emotions or behavior by changing your thoughts (i.e. through the left brain).**
Body psychotherapy works in the reverse, by using the body and your emotions to change how your nervous system responds. That is, it works through the right brain, not the left.
You see, although thoughts can marginally change our emotions, it is far more efficient - in terms of the way the brain is designed to work "from the bottom up". Body psychotherapy enables the brain to update its emotional wiring naturally (i.e. using the right brain), rather than willfully trying to impose change "from the top down" using thoughts (i.e. through the left brain).
If you think of the times you've tried to make yourself feel (or not feel) a certain way, you'll see that using a left-brain strategy to change a right-brain-based emotion is a prescription for futility.
**(Newer "emotion-based" therapies are a step in the right direction as they allow for the natural ebb and flow of the nervous system. The problem is that when applied, they are often not "contained" to match the nervous system of the client.)
Body psychotherapy is one of serveral types of mind-body psychotherapies. Mind-body psychotherapies have been around in various forms for years, but it's only since the "Decade of the Brain" that their advantages were corroborated.
Technological advances in neuroscience provide a scientific explanation for its effectiveness. Today, brain scans (e.g. PET, CAT & SPECT) and neurofeedback devices reveal the dynamic interplay between our thoughts and feelings, how feelings are "stored" in the body, and how they affect our thought processes.
Applying these discoveries in a clinical setting has been a huge step forward for psychotherapy practice.
Mind-body psychotherapy is based on the notion that the energies associated with physical and emotional stress are "stored" in various body tissues; stress is stored in the muscles, for example. Balance in the nervous system is restored only after these energies are discharged. Once this happens, the client is much more resilient in the face of life changes and emotional stress.
Mind-body psychotherapy is designed to optimize how the right brain works and that automatically translates to better emotional self-regulation. We suspect it does this by "rewiring" areas that are impervious to left-brain directed therapies.
As an example, the body-based symptoms of anxiety and depression are believed to be largely under the influence of the right-brain processes. This makes mind-body psychotherapy an effective solution for these types of conditions.
Because the right-brain works continually behind the scenes (i.e. non-consciously) to regulate our moods and behaviours, it ultimately determines the quality of life.
For the most part, traditional forms of counseling underestimate the transformative power of the right-brain. This is the reason why mind-body therapy, with its focus on right-brain processes, can offer holistic, quality of life improvements that are unattainable by traditional psychotherapy.
Mind-Body psychotherapy improves your health
An added benefit of mind-body psychotherapy--if what neuroscience suggests is correct and what our clinical work is showing--is that it will reinvigorate the autoimmune system. This may provide hope to such stubborn ailments as allergies, arthritis, asthma and relatedly, conditions such as digestive disorders, insomnia, PMS and menopause symptoms, hormonal imbalances, chronic headaches, cardiovascular disorders and high or low blood pressure.
It should be no surprise, then, that yoga has become so popular. Those who do yoga regularly have discovered its secret (even if they don't know they know, if you know what I mean): as you calm the body you automatically and naturally calm your mind. This effect illustrates the holistic nature of mind-body therapy, where the body itself serves as the basis for healing both mind and soul.
You'll be hearing a lot more from myShrink on the benefits of mind-body psychotherapy. I look forward to sharing this information with you!
Reviewed by: Vancouver Counselling with Janice Stuart Ph.D. and Erika Moore RMT
Related Topics:
Mind Body Connection and your Health
Levine, Peter, A. (1997). Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma. Berkeley, California: North Atlantic Books.
Check out Dr. Levine's site where you can find a body-based therapist: TraumaHealing.org
Scaer, Robert C.,, "Precarious Present" in Psychotherapy Networker, Nov/Dec 2006.
Scaer, Robert, C., (2005). The Trauma Spectrum, New York: W. W. Norton & Company.


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1. Security of proprietary information becomes problematic
How secure is your organizations information? Patents? Trademarks? Legal documents will not serve any protection in foreign countries like it does in the U.S. Keep in mind, foreign judges usually show favoritism to their local companies. According to the FBI, NDAs do not hold up, creating a greater risk of intellectual property being compromised.
2. Offshore "time zone issues"
Training today needs to be done now, sometimes yesterday. Meeting tight deadlines become less worrisome with onshore. Partnering with a U.S. firm that can refine client requests at a moment's notice has real value.
3. Real offshore cultural and linguistic "barriers"
Cultural and language differences can hinder communications and lead to misunderstandings. How will that impact your training deliverables? Language and culture make precise and effective communication more likely. When you onshore, the linguistic differences that create stress and confusion are absent.
4. The offshore project management and supervision "double dip" cost
Who is managing your offshore vendor? All too often, there is a need to pay for two project managers – one to communicate with the English speaking client and the other communicating with developers. eLearning project management requires much skill in the sense that one has to manage, schedule, oversee and delegate a project. An offshore partner may not be able to articulate status in accordance with best practices of project management.
5. Price
Overseas labor rates may be cheaper but lower productivity, frustration, and back-end project "gotchas" can cancel that out. The reality is, low wages can increase based on development need, somewhat obviating the original reason for outsourcing. Greater costs can be associated with supervision of overseas operations and management of complex foreign tax issues as well.
6. Vendor stability and the real cost of inexpensive labor
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BELLEVILLE – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau answered questions about mental-health issues, immigration, national security, the environment and protecting agriculture during a town hall session at the Empire Theatre Thursday.
The theatre was filled to capacity for the event.
The visit, part of Trudeau's cross-Canada tour beginning with an east-to-west trip along Highway 401, followed stops earlier Thursday in Kingston and Napanee. After his appearance at the Empire Theatre, Trudeau was to attend an honour guard at Canadian Forces Base Trenton. He was to spend the night at the base before continuing to his next stop, in Northumberland County, on Friday morning.
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IN YOUR DAILY DOSE: today is research published in Cell Press demonstrating something interesting about the tea you're drinking.
MAKING CHANGES: Tea is a very healthy drink, associated with increased fat metabolism, heart health and relaxation.
FACT OR FICTION: These are the windows to your soul - can you guess what they are?
In The News
Researchers analyzed leaves from the Camellia senesis tree, otherwise known at the tea tree. The leaves of this evergreen shrub are rich in antioxidants and caffeine, imbuing tea with the same benefits. Interestingly, leaves from this bush can have different taste and researchers spent five years analyzing the DNA of the bush to determine why and the different levels of benefits you may experience from those teas.
SOURCE: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170501141648.htm
Daily Health Tip
A daily cup of tea helps reduce your stress, improve your heart health, increase fat metabolism and host of other immune mediated benefits.
Making Changes
Include a hot tea drink daily without added sugar or dairy products to fully experience the benefits from tea.
Daily Affirmation
My family and friends share my ups and downs. I celebrate my victories with them and count on them to lift up my spirits when I need a lift. I welcome feedback from colleagues at work. I use their input to enhance my performance and advance my career.
Spending time with children teaches me how to stay lively. I imagine seeing the world through their eyes. I become more curious and joyful.
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They are the windows to your soul, and one way you process your environment. Here are some fun facts about your beautiful baby blues.
- It takes you 1/10th of a second to blink your eyes.
- Your eyes heal quickly, taking just 48 hours to heal a corneal scratch.
- Newborns don't produce tears. They don't start flowing until between 4 and 13 weeks.
- Heterochromia is when someone is born with two different color eyes.
- Out of all the muscles in your body, the ones that control your eyes are the most active.
- You blink about 12 times each minute.
- Your eyes can see about 10 million different colors.
- If your eyes were a camera they would be 576 megapixels.
- Researchers use the game "Tetris" to treat lazy eye.
- Your eyes can get sunburned.
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I've been gluten-free since last summer. I went dairy-free the first of this year. I recently started getting back into the routine of exercising four to five times a week, and I'm making every effort to read and crochet each day. In addition to my daily quiet time, I've started taking a "time out" several times a day to read some Psalms and pray. In the past few weeks, I've drastically reduced my sugar consumption.
Yes, my life looks much different from many people's. Some of these decisions I made for my physical health. Some of these decisions I made for my mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Following the culture hasn't worked for me. I needed a change.
The thing about change is that it's uncomfortable. It's hard to learn a new way of eating, to rearrange your schedule to accommodate exercise, to stop throughout the day to pause and remember that God is in your day with you and you're not alone. It makes me uncomfortable to have to ask for the manager every time I enter a restaurant (in addition to being dairy- and gluten-free, I also have a life-threatening allergy to another food) and to demand (nicely, of course) that they take appropriate steps to keep me safe. I don't particularly appreciate the discomfort involved in exercise and the soreness that accompanies working out.
I do, however, like the results of all of these changes. That's why I continue to press forward with my plans.
The longer I do these things, the more they become habits, part of the dailiness of my life, the more I embrace them because they're good for me and because I feel better when I do them.
They become my "new normal." After a while, they don't feel new anymore. They just feel normal. Explaining why I do what I do seems less embarrassing and more matter of course. It's just what I do.
If you're trying to make big changes in your life, start with one thing at a time. Don't try to make all of them at once. When one change begins to feel normal, start another one.
There's no way to tell exactly how long it will take for you to feel "normal" about the changes you're making. It depends on your personality and the magnitude of the change you're making. Give yourself grace. Embrace the change, knowing that it will eventually feel normal.
I'm the queen of keeping things comfortable and familiar. Change is difficult and scary for me. If I can do this, you can too. As a wise friend told me last week, "Just do the next right thing." That's how you change your life.
The above title is partly taken from a book that I've read before, but this phrase has stuck with me on this day.
Have you ever had one of those days (and I'm sure you have or you wouldn't be human) where everything went wrong? Every time you turned around, something else was happening that was turning everything upside down, inside out, and throwing everything off?
Well, today would have been one of those days for me. As a matter of fact, the last several days have been that way. Aggravation has been the yoke around my neck. The kids have not listened to anything all week long and it is all catching up with me.
This is supposed to be summer break since school is out, but I haven't had a break yet… with no end in sight. "Can you do this for me?", "Can you do such and such for this situation?", "We need your help. It takes everybody together to get things done."… yet while I usually enjoy helping others, getting "weary in well doing" has set in. Rarely getting a "thank you", is becoming noticeable, though I know I'm not supposed to be expecting one. If I don't help do something, I feel bad about it.
I have no one to help me when I need it though. My house has gotten away from me, the kids are acting like we haven't raised them right at all, money isn't coming in like it should, though I've never seen the righteous forsaken nor His seed begging bread! My God shall supply all our needs according to His riches in glory!
I've been helping David mow to save time and money, especially on Wednesdays, so that he can go to church with us as a family. Otherwise, he wouldn't get finished in time. Well, yesterday was a busy day for me from sun up to sun down. My time was cut short for mowing due to my doctor's appointment, taking the kids and picking them up from Bible School, waiting at the pharmacy, Josie's orthodontist appointment, getting supper, getting kids to church an hour early so that they could have dance practice, and still mowing these "Wednesday yards" for our lawn care service. With our oldest son helping, it takes about 1 hour and 45 minutes to do 2 particular homes. I had a certain time to be home to get a shower before Jo's appt. The yard of these 2 that I take care of is rather large. Somehow, I gently "backed" my 60 inch, zero turn John Deere mower into the garage door. Barely tapped it, but left a HUGE indention anyways. Though we have mowers insurance, the way it works defeats the purpose of having it, so now, I'm have to price garage door panels (2) to replace them. Thank God the home owner wasn't mad and is generally "easy going". Another day; Another dollar; Out the window and not taking care of our bills or groceries… URGH!
Then today, our other mower, same brand and size, fairly new, just stops working… Won't even come on. No explanation thus far. The hedge trimmers have gone out. Though David is the Fire Chief, that is not our main income, (doesn't bring in as much as what people would expect.) Our mowing is our main income and it seems like everything is going haywire.
Today, I also spent 4 and a half hours in the E.R. with Josie. She's had right side pain for 5 days. Since her Dr. is going out of town, she wanted to go ahead and get a cat scan done to be on the safe side. She has had a cyst burst on her ovary.
It can only get better from here, right? Right? I am soooo tired. Physically. Mentally. Emotionally. Spiritually. Drained.
As I said before, usually I LOVE helping others. I live for it. I just need a break for just one little moment. Just to let me catch my breath and get some healing. Then, I'll jump back in with both feet and go just as hard if not harder! I want to be Kingdom minded with all of my heart. To be the extension of Christ's hands and feet. I want a servants heart.
With that said, I'm asking, begging, for prayer! For strength, restoration, for I know that joy is going to come in the morning! Thank you for reading my whining with the realization that I am a Christian that is still human and I face everyday struggles just like you. I greatly appreciate the prayers! Be blessed!
Note from Angie: UPDATE! This post was written on June 6th by Karen. (Due to my health it sat in my inbox waiting to be posted. Sorry Karen!)
Since then, her health, among other things, has been attacking her left and right. She is a strong woman of God and the enemy does not like what she is doing for The Lord's Kingdom! Please be in prayer for Karen, her family, their finances, and all of their health.
Actually, make that for all of our bloggers… Everyone at RSHTH has been under attack lately! We are kicking that devil under our feet and claiming what is rightly ours!
Will you join us in prayer? Please and thank you. I'm so tired of seeing my best friend suffer, and she is tired of seeing me suffer as well. We declare HEALING in the name of JESUS! AMEN!
Having one child makes you a parent; having two you are a referee.
-David Frost
It's happened to all of us. Some more than others. You get through one trial only to discover you are in another. And then there are the times that everything is going great, but small things keep happening, making it clear that the devil is determined to bring you down or get in your way.
This has been happening to me lately. A lot… While I'm typing this even.
As moms we all have times like this. Days when things just don't go right. Months where things fall apart. Years that just won't go according to plan. Kids fight. Bills are paid late. Babies cry. Homes are messy. Health takes a turn. I could go on and on.
Being that we are human, it is only natural for us to wonder WHY God is allowing this. Especially if we are in the midst of doing something he has led us to do. We're not angry with him, just wondering. Sure, we all know that he'll never give us more than we can handle. But why can't he just stop others from being hurtful & the enemy from pestering or down right attacking us? And then we are so flustered that we dwell on what was done instead of moving on when it is over.
Tonight I let my 3 year old and 2 year old (Well, he'll be 2 tomorrow, you get the point.) get out a toy they hadn't played with in awhile. (I rotate toys through a cycle in our home so that nothing is taken for granted and all find good use. Okay, and so I'm not constantly tripping on them.) Tommy, the 3 year old, knew that the toy actually belonged to Johnny Ben, my younger boy. He had played with the toy first, but then it was Johnny Ben's turn. Naturally, this turned into a battle. I had to keep on both of them, but clearly Tommy was not going to stop tormenting Johnny Ben. Finally, Tommy moved on to something else, but Johnny Ben was still upset and instead of playing with his toy he just sat and moped.
This is how it is for us sometimes in the spirit realm. We may be constantly tormented and attacked, but God is always right there playing the referee and sometimes even the defender. He fights off satan and kicks him to the curb. Other times, he settles another person who is causing us grief and sets them to the side, loving them just as much as He loves us. When the turmoil has finally calmed, we sit there crying and grieving when in actuality we should be moving along feeling as happy as can be.
We're all human and being women we are very emotional, but let's all try to do our best and give God praise at the end of a battle, thanking Him that it is over and not complaining that it happened. Think about all that you're missing out on by not moving on and enjoying the life the Lord has given you! Don't stress, be blessed!


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What's in Your Box: Norf Norf
Kalvin Martinez / Sep 2nd, 2017 No Comments
Each week, we here at Gaming Illustrated are always playing a number of different video games. However, we may not be talking about them in reviews or editorials. That doesn't mean they aren't worth talking about, but for any number of reasons an avenue to speak on them doesn't come up. To remedy the issue, we're going to ask our staff (and you, honestly) what's in your box?
What's in Greg's Box
Oh is it box time again? Better straighten up my suit, get the teabags out of the way and here we go!
It's all about Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle this week. Whatever dark god Ubisoft sacrificed to should be the new diety of gaming because boy did it deliver.
Gameplay is easy to learn but hard to master, and the difficulty will test the mettle of even long-time X-Com fans. Sure it's got a far more light-hearted feel to it with Mario and Rabbids meeting for the first time, but that doesn't change the amount of tactical expertise required to beat this game.
That's not meant to dissuade the casual gamer, but merely warn: do not let this game's colorful exterior (and amazing score by one Grant Kirhope) hide the beast underneath.
On top of it all, there's plenty of co-op missions that can be played locally, challenges to go back and best and even customization of weapons as well as skill points for each playable character. What's most important to note is that challenges are not simply for bragging rights, they unlock more skill points thus allowing players to more easily progress through the core game.
Finally PAX prep, and now PAX West 2017 itself, have occupied the better part of my week so without further ado, take it away Kalvin!
What's in Kalvin's Box
I'm writing this week's box as I drive up to Seattle for the weekend to check out PAX West. I am going to see some cool stuff that I'll obviously tell you about later. PAX West is my favorite conference mainly because it's for the people.
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As an event designed for the public, the organizers actually have the logistics figured out to accomodate the large crowds, which is something E3 will have to learn if they plan to keep selling tickets to the public going forward.
More than being set up for a lot of people, PAX West feels like a party. Everyone is jazzed to be there even if they haven't showered or put on deoderant. The cosplay is wonderful, and it is about the games. Everything you want in a conference.
I've been playing some games though, so let's talk about my box this week. This week I tried out some wacky fun in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle. Oh, and I continued my journey in Pyre.
Rabbids are Minions for Dweebs
I never thought I'd live to see the day I'd be excited for a Rabbids game yet here we are. When I first saw Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle it didn't leave a huge impression on me. It wasn't until I thought about and I realized I am totally here for Mario X-Com.
Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle technically shouldn't work. The Rabbids are the OG Minions, which is worrisome. Luckily, the Mario influence helps temper the outright wackiness of the Rabbids. Hell the reason for the Rabbids getting into the Mushroom Kingdom is pretty cool.
Basically, this whiz kid inventor creates a machine that can merge two items together except it doesn't quite work right. When she heads away from her desk, the Rabbids invade in their dimensional washing machine and cause havoc.
One of the Rabbids uses the merge visor and starts transforming the Rabbids into these wild Rabbids hybrids. Before someone can stop the madness, the Rabbids and the inventor's companion robot get sucked into a portal to the Mushroom Kingdom. Okay, maybe it is fairly far fetched, but hardly the most inane reason for a mash-up.
Premise aside, the gameplay hits all those tactical X-Com erogenous zones complete with turn-based cover combat and strategy. You get eased into the mechanics, but once you get a bit deeper into the first world, you learn hey smarten up or get wiped out. What really was striking about the gameplay was the mobility. It absolutely creates vibrancy and danger to combat.
It's been a bit slow going in my journey with Pyre. I play it when I get a free moment and usually move forward a couple Rites at a time. This isn't to say I'm not into the game, whenever I play I find it hard to tear myself away. It just work usually beckons, and I have to force myself to stop.
Pyre continually surprises me in terms of the depth of its gameplay and the scope of its story. At a certain point before the final Rite, you meet the mysterious benefactor of the Nightwings. Needless to say, you get a lot more illumination on some of the finer points of the Rites and why he has been guiding you along your journey.
It isn't all smiles and hug when you finally run into this benefactor. He has bad news for you and your party. Honestly, he is a bit of a bummer. Regardless of the quality of the news, it is good to have full disclosure.
Sorry to spoil it, but the final Rite isn't the fina Rite. One thing your benefactor makes clear is only one whose achieved enlightenment can go free from the final Rite. Sadly, it is the unenviable duty of yours to choose which party member will gain their freedom. It is a hard choice, but the hope is eventually you'll all gain your freedom one day.
The more you play Pyre's magical soccer/ruby/basketball, the harder it gets. It is more than running the orb to the pyre. The deeper stratgies of team make-up, talismans, passive skills, and evasive manuvers become super important. If you're not thinking ahead then the opposing team will easily steamroll you.
While victory isn't singularly important as your journey continues regardless. Nothing feels as good as winning.
Pyre is fantastic. It is a rare game that continues to get richer over time like a good soup broth.
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Expected much more...
Considering the price of this phone and the fact that it is supposedly a high-end phone, I was very disappointed. After having the phone for a few days I will be returning it to Best Buy. My assessment is as follows:
-Amazing Screen
-Sound from the speakerphone
-Feels very cheap (especially when compared to the thunderbolt).
-Lousy call quality
-Unimpressive data speends (Ilive in a 3G area).
Not impressd
I bought the phone because of the Super-Amoled screen and the fact that it works on Verizon's LTE network. Sadly, those two factors were not enough.
After a week, I couldn't wait to return this dud.
Super Amoled Screen
Construction is of cheap-cheap plastic
Buttons on the phone were at time not responsive
Buttons were also cheap which makes me question whether it would last a year.
So much bloatware on the phone that the phone is laggy at times and slow to respond.
Here is one key factor that I considered seriously before I took the phone back. For those who are interested, samsung has the worst record in providing updates for their phone. You could be waiting for years for your updates like I did, and that too me was just not going to cut it in today's market.
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Love the audio and the screen. I have had zero problems with losing 4g anywhere here in Jacksonville Fl.
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Decided last month to get a smartphone. The learning curve is simple, just need to invest a little time. There is 4G in my area of Florida. I moved from an LG env touch VX1100 I believe. Living in the city, never had reception problems with verizon. As soon as I got the charge, the most popular word in my conversations was what? You cant do a *228 cause of the 4g and Verizon couldn't help me, so back it went. The voice recognition got worse instead of better with the recognition app voice search. If it didnt get it right the first time, it just got worse. But that is more of an operating system problem I think. I have very large fingers so going back to the screen keyboard is impossible. I rely on voice recognition if no keyboard is available. I believe the Bionic will be released soon and it has an upgrade to fix that issue. As for battery life, show me a smartphone that has a good one. The trick is to turn off what you arent using while you aren't using it.


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Enforcement Notice Decision - IN THE MATTER OF Deutsche Bank Securities Ltd. - Settlement Accepted Français
Feb 08, 2013, 10:00 ET
TORONTO, Feb. 8, 2013 /CNW/ - On February 8, 2013, a Hearing Panel of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) accepted a Settlement Agreement between IIROC staff and Deutsche Bank Securities Ltd. (DBSL).
DBSL admitted that in late July and early August 2007, it failed to engage Compliance with emerging issues in the asset-backed commercial paper market, contrary to Investment Dealers Association of Canada Policy 5.
Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, DBSL agreed to pay a fine of $1 million.
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The Hearing Panel's decision will be made available at www.iiroc.ca.
Documents related to ongoing IIROC enforcement proceedings - including Reasons and Decisions of Hearing Panels - are posted on the IIROC website as they become available. Click here to search and access all IIROC enforcement documents.
IIROC formally initiated the investigation into DBSL's conduct on February 13, 2008. The alleged violations occurred when DBSL was a member firm of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada. DBSL is currently an IIROC-regulated firm.
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IIROC is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada. Created in 2008 through the consolidation of the Investment Dealers Association of Canada and Market Regulation Services Inc., IIROC sets high quality regulatory and investment industry standards, protects investors and strengthens market integrity while maintaining efficient and competitive capital markets.
IIROC carries out its regulatory responsibilities through setting and enforcing rules regarding the proficiency, business and financial conduct of dealer firms and their registered employees and through setting and enforcing market integrity rules regarding trading activity on Canadian equity marketplaces.
IIROC investigates possible misconduct by its member firms and/or individual registrants. It can bring disciplinary proceedings which may result in penalties including fines, suspensions, permanent bars, expulsion from membership, or termination of rights and privileges for individuals and firms.
All information about disciplinary proceedings relating to current and former member firms is available in the Enforcement section of the IIROC website. Background information regarding the qualifications and disciplinary history, if any, of advisors currently employed by IIROC-regulated firms is available free of charge through the IIROC AdvisorReport service. Information on how to make investment dealer, advisor or marketplace-related complaints is available by calling 1.877.442.4322.
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The whole matter of spent convictions, their retention on CRB and police files and the obligation for offenders to disclose them needs urgent review. Offences should be categorised along with a table of time limits, beyond which those offences are automatically removed from the records.
In particular, concern should be shown about indictments against young people, where the need to rehabilitate carries even greater import.
Sensible rehabilitation must mean sensible rehabilitation … and the law must be seen as having been enacted in good faith.
Why does this idea matter?
Spent convictions and the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.
Like all law, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 has flaws, but none could be so iniquitous as that section dealing with spent convictions. As I understand it, the Act has not been reviewed since its inception despite …
Major changes in the policies of successive governments regarding sentencing, the grounds for sentencing and its severity.
Changing social (and official) attitudes to the nature of punishment for some crimes, in particular where it relates to young offenders.
The fact that by reason of cost and availability of prison places, there are many reports of pressure being exerted on the Judiciary to moderate sentencing and to avoid it altogether where possible. This has lead to an artificial 'value' in modern sentences and, as a consequence, an unreasonable inconsistency when compared to sentencing in past years.
By example. A three year approved school sentence in the 1950s was the norm for relatively minor offences (certainly compared with today) and was often used as a means of removing vulnerable young people from bad home backgrounds; often a result of the pressures of WW2. However; because it was a 3 year sentence it cannot be spent. Period. And why? Because the rules say sentences in excess of 30 months cannot be spent.
So in a supposed fair society what this means is that indictments for minor offences based on an outdated philosophy or approach of 60 years ago can carry the same stigma as wholesale violence and major drug offences would warrant today. As a result, people in their early 70s who may have an unblemished record of 55+ years since a minor offence continue to carry that stigma and under current law will do so for life.
I believe that because of the above (and reasons provided in other parts of 'Freedom' discussions) there may well be grounds to challenge the retention of many records held by the police and / or the CRB, in the European courts. It would however, be far better and cheaper if government were to anticipate people may take this approach and take steps to redefine the way spent convictions, in particular, those in approved schools and institutions, are regarded.
The problem is that previous governments have not viewed the term 'Spent Convictions' in the true spirit the words imply. Rehabilitation is not just a matter of reintegration into society if the original offence can be regurgitated time and again to meet the needs of officialdom or potential employers.
Sensible rehabilitation should (eventually) mean convictions being truly spent after a suitable time and by truly spent I mean, complete REMOVAL from the records of both the police and the CRB.
Clearly this will need to reflect the seriousness of crime like murder, rape, offences against children etc which should never, in my opinion, be removed, but categorising other offences in a sensible way could demonstrate an element of official forgiveness and at the same time provide a platform of encouragement for the offender not to reoffend.


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Inhaled Drug Delivery Annual Conference (London, United Kingdom - November 13th-14th, 2017)
11 Oct, 2017, 11:30 BST
DUBLIN, October 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
The "Inhaled Drug Delivery" conference has been added to Research and Markets' offering.
Industry case studies, regulatory updates, latest therapies and technology innovations
This annual conference includes presentations on each of the four principal technologies of inhaled drug delivery - dry powder inhalers, metered dose inhalers, nebulizers and liquid inhalers. It will also cover the future European and UK regulatory processes following Brexit, which will be critical when developing product approval strategies in the future.
There are a number of key areas that are currently evolving and the latest thinking and progress on these will also be presented, including Human factor design and sensing/connecting technologies. These key evolving areas are subject to much debate and require careful consideration whilst developing an inhaled drug product.
Programme to include:
- Future needs for inhaled drug delivery
- Innovation in nebulized therapy
- Nebulizers - modern advances
- Functional respiratory imaging: how does it help to optimize drug delivery in the lung
- Developing triple combination inhalers - the challenges
- Development of propellant free MDIs
- The ADI - low velocity aqueous spray device
- The UK regulatory future - the way forward after Brexit
- Human factor studies - hype or real need?
- Innovative filling technologies for DPIs
- MDIs getting connected - Inspair sensor converts any device into a connected device
- Smart inhalers - Improving adherence and reducing healthcare costs
- 3M Intelligent Control Inhaler
Reasons to attend
- A valuable update on the advances in inhalation technology and inhaled drug delivery
- An opportunity to keep abreast of trends in the market
- The chance to develop business relationships
Companies Participating include:
- 3M Drug Delivery
- 3P Innovation
- Aerobit Health Ltd
- Biocorp
- Boehringer Ingelheim
- Chiesi
- Esai
- Europe
- H&S Presspart
- HCMed Innovations
- MedSpray Pharma
- Pharmaero
- Philips Healthcare
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Chandoo's Excel School.
I can tell you categorically that he has done a fine job. The online school is first rate, as are the downloadable workbooks and videos. It is obvious from the moment you first log on that Chandoo has put a lot of effort into designing the curriculum and developing the lessons, with the business user in mind.
The motto of Chandoo's blog is Become Awesome in Excel. Excel School will definitely help get you there. In fact, if you are interested in being an Excel Hero, I would go so far as to say that the information in Chandoo's Excel School is a prerequisite.
Every lesson can be viewed online or downloaded, and the class includes over 1,200 minutes of video instruction hosted by Chandoo himself who not only is the creative force behind the famous Chandoo.org Excel blog, but he is also a Microsoft Excel MVP.
Working your way through this pertinent material will leave you with a solid, well-rounded Excel foundation. Just look at the lesson plan:
And in addition, Chandoo is adding three more lessons to the school:
- Using Excel's Text formulas
- Introduction to Excel 2010's new features
- Integration of Excel & Access - a lesson by Mike Alexander from Data Pig Technologies
Chandoo's Excel School comes with over 40 crystal clear example workbooks and access to the Online Classroom which is an extremely valuable resource where class-members share ideas, ask questions, and discuss lessons.
There are already over 100 students enrolled, so the debate will be stimulating.
Classes begin as soon as you sign-up. Classes will end on July 28, 2010 and the school closes on August 20, 2010. However, all of the downloadable content will continue to work for you forever.
I receive inquiries all the time regarding where someone should go to gain a solid foundation in Excel. Obviously my blog and others are good resources, John Walkenbach's books are first rate. But for a hands-on, immersive experience, Chandoo's Excel School is unparalleled.
If you are serious about expanding your Excel knowledge, here is the link.
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Sizing Explained
Simple way:
If you know your waist size, and know the proper, technical way to take it, just use this size to order your CorCelette. However, if you want to have a chance at the best possible fit for you, please take a few moments to read below.
Detailed way:
Now, we know it is a pain to have to measure your waist, but bear with us (and we have hints and tricks to make this very simple). If you have a flexible measuring tape, great! If not, grab a string, belt (anything flexible), wrap it around your waist, then lay it on the floor and use a retractable measuring tape to get the correct number.
If you don't have a measuring tape, you can use this as a good estimate:
If you are a size 10/12 (and some 14s*)you would fit 33″
If you are a size 8/10 you would fit 31″
If you are a size 6/8 you would fit 29″
If you are a size 4/6 you would fit 27″
If you are a size 0/2 you would fit 25″
*If you are 34″ 35″, you may be able to fit the 33″, by using a "Bella Band" under the CorCelette.
(If you are above 35″, please email us to get on the waiting list. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience.)
With each size and with our weight fluctuations, the sides may either be touching, or several inches apart. Each of these looks work and are quite alluring.
Get Your Correct Waist Size:
Step 1:
First find your natural waist. You can do this by standing in front of a mirror (better to do it naked, bare skin gives the best measurement*), bending (gently, my post-partum Mamacitas) at your side, and putting your finger where the crease forms. That is your natural waistline, and is almost always above the belly-button (who knew?) and below the ribcage.
Step 2:
Stand up straight and wrap the measuring tape around your waist, making sure it is level and not pinching into the skin (don't suck in your tummy, now!). It helps if you start the tape (at the "0" ) at your belly button; the number that meets the "o" after you have circled your entire waist is your waist measurement. Write this number down.
So, this is your waist size, but before you order in this size, see our tips below:
If you are in between sizes, order the next waist size up.
It is best to get your hip size also to determine the best fit. It is better if you enter your hip size in the message/notes section during your Paypal check out, so we can fit you better.
Hip Measurement:
Now, get your hip size by wrapping the tape around the largest part of your hips and bum, making sure the tape is snug (but not tight) and level.
Write this down.
The Hip Tip: If your hips measurement is 10" greater or more than your waist measurement, go to the next waist size up. For example, if you have a 34" waist and a 45" hip, then order a 35" waist CorCelette.
The Post Partum Tip: We know that everyone's weightloss is at a different pace in the post partum period. We made all SexCies adjustable to help out with that! Sexcies's "adjustability" helps with the fluctuations during this time. If you are eager to use your lingerie between the 6 week to 4 month post partum period, we recommend wearing a Bella band(tm), or a similar product underneath, as the space between the lacing on the sides may be greater than usual.
So, if your waist size in inches is smaller than the fullest part of your tummy, measure both and take the average of the two. For instance, if your waist is 31 in. and your tummy is 36 in., order a 33.
SexCies Sizing
We want your SexCies to fit you like a glove! Unfortunately, there has been a growing trend in the industry, called "vanity sizing" (ugh, and we thought change-room lighting was bad enough!) Consequently, there is not conformity along sizes; one size 8 may be another size 12! Very confusing for all of us!
To solve this problem, our team at Who's Your Mommy decided to use a more "European" approach to sizing; we think that everybody's body is different and requires special attention for a better fit.
However, if you still want to use the standard dress size way to go about sizing for your CorCelette (or just couldn't find a darned tape measure anywhere) then above is a general guide that may help**:
*we take no responsibility if while measuring yourself for our products, your partner catches you and ravages you on the bathroom floor
**although we still really, really think that you should get your waist size…think your neighbor may have a measuring tape you could borrow?