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Welcome to Little Martians Learning Center
Our team has been providing childcare services in Northwest Arkansas for Over 15 years.
Little Martians Learning Center is a family operated daycare and learning center. We take pride in serving the families of this community and strive to build lasting relationships with our clients. We offer convenience and affordability without sacrificing your peace of mind. We believe that all children deserve access to a Clean, Safe, and Nurturing environment and as part of that belief, we welcome all children. We accept self paying families, vouchers through TEA, ESS, and Workforce, as well as foster families.
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide a clean, safe, and nurturing environment for kids to learn and grow, all at an affordable price. Our family has a passion for helping kids. Our focus is on providing high-quality daycare and preschool service at an affordable price because we believe all kids deserve the best regardless of family position in life.
Apart from learning activities, we provide a range of other facilities...before & after school activities, summer program, field trips, etc.
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Enroll your child in Little Martians Learning Center today to unlock the following benefits.
One-week free childcare when you enroll today
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The major method of utilising the by-products of the food and beverage industry is in animal feeds rather than human foods for various reasons. One key difference between a food and feed ingredient is in functional properties. A food ingredient must possess functional properties which will have desired effects as a component of a food system. Bakers yeast solids which has only limited functional value as a food ingredient can be fractionated into three food ingredients - bakers yeast protein, bakers yeast glycan and bakers yeast extract. These yeast fractions have functional values, as food ingredients, in food systems, far superior to the whole bakers yeast solids. The method of isolation, chemical composition, functional values and food applications of bakers yeast protein, glycan and extract is described.
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Brendan first started working for Sanders Plumbing in 2013 as a trainee and quickly became a skilled plumbing technician. He is currently in the process of obtaining his Master Plumber's license.
1. What is the funniest thing that has happened to you on the job?
Getting stuck in a ceiling and the guys having to pull me out by my feet. Our customer had a leak somewhere that no one else could get to but me. I got it, but I got stuck too.
2. What is the worst nightmare plumbing job you have ever completed?
We were working on a sewer main where I had to dig around an 8″ gas line that could have blown up if we made contact. That was really scary.
3. If you were a plumbing tool, which one would you be, and why?
I would be a supply line wrench because it's convenient, versatile, and something you keep with you for everyday use.
4. Which jobs have you held in the past and how did you become a plumber?
I have worked as a mechanic, factory worker, carpet/flooring tech, and a few other positions. When I met Pete he asked me if I was afraid of tight spaces and luckily I am not. The guys all call me Bones because I'm small and can get into places none of them can. I can fit between walls and in tiny crawlspaces. One tech always says I'm like a cat or raccoon; if I can get my head in, the rest of me will be a piece of cake.
5. What do you believe makes a successful company?
Having a positive atmosphere and having everyone on the same page. That's something I have here at Sanders. No one wants to dread going to work in the morning. I enjoy coming in each day and cutting up with the crew sometimes. It makes the day and the job better.


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As any hockey fan now knows, after almost 17 seasons with the Calgary Flames, Jerome Iginla has been traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In return, the Flames didn't receive what would be considered adequate value for a player of Iginla's stature and ability. But the Flames general manager was not in a strong negotiating position with other teams.
Iginla had a "no move" clause in his contract, which meant that he could veto any trade. This also meant that Iginla could provide a list of teams where he would agree to be traded. No doubt it was a very short list. And Iginla was an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season, meaning that the team he was traded to might only have him for the remainder of this season. This is not an ideal situation for the Flames GM to be in.
But, there are some things he could do to strengthen his negotiating position:
- Have a clear understanding of the teams where Iginla would agree to play and use that as leverage to increase what he got in return.
- Negotiate for additional players that would become part of the deal if the team Iginla goes to wins the Stanley Cup and/or is able to sign him to a contract beyond this year.
- Be prepared to walk away from any and all deals.
- Wait until the trade deadline to create a sense of urgency for Iginla.
- Ensure there were no leaks in communication, or leak incorrect information, to try to even the playing field.
Negotiations are always difficult, especially when one party has a clear advantage over the other. But there are always strategies you can implement to try and give yourself an advantage.


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Microsoft Excel is a powerful program, putting extensive analysis capabilities at the fingertips of the most novice user. However, Excel can do so much more that in the hands of an experienced practitioner. Excel is naturally at home analysing data, generating charts and tables to present your data to the world. Yet, how many times do we see data presented using the default Excel presentation? Not particularly attractive is it?
Sometimes, the charts don't tell you very much or are difficult to interpret, yet with business analysis and business intelligence expertise and a strong eye for clear design, Excel charts can be built that don't look like they were built on Excel, but cleanly and clearly deliver the data required to make informed decisions. In many organisations, Excel is the only data handling application available due to the need to control costs, or Access is limited to a few key individuals. With a bit of work, Excel can make a front end for basic data collection and even store the data on a shared environment.
From necessity in various roles, I have deployed network wide Excel solutions, allowing multiple users to create and edit data, whereas the native Excel shared spreadsheet function very quickly causes corruption. For repetitive tasks, advanced validation, or simply the goal of a fool-proof spreadsheet, a little automation or some advanced formula solutions can go a long way. With several years of extensive and intensive Excel experience, System Horizons can help you meet your business needs.


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Ritesh Singh Appointed as the General Manager of LATICRETE Middle East
21 Nov, 2017, 06:00 GMT
RAS AL KHAIMAH, UAE, November 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
LATICRETE® a world-wide manufacturer and marketer of globally proven construction solutions, announced today that Ritesh Singh, was appointed as the General Manager of LATICRETE Middle East and will be leading the LATICRETE teams in the Middle East and Africa regions, effective immediately.
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Ritesh Singh previously served as the Head of Sales for LATICRETE in the Middle East and has played a key role in driving growth in the region. Ritesh started his journey with LATICRETE, in India, as a fresh MBA graduate and spent over 12 years building key relationships in the region, eventually growing to handle the biggest sales territory in India. Subsequently he worked for Pidilite and thereafter moved to the Middle East, where he has been working with LATICRETE Middle East for over two years.
Mr. Faisal Saleem, Vice President, LATICRETE International stated:
"I would like to congratulate Ritesh on his appointment as the General Manager of LATICRETE Middle East and wish him success in his new role. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Sujit Singh for his contribution in the growth of LATICRETE in the Middle East & Africa region for over 18 years. We wish him all the best in his future endeavors.
Globally, it is an exciting time for LATICRETE, we acquired 5 companies in 2017, 3 in Europe and 1 each in Australia and Central America and have strong plans to further expand our presence across Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America in the next 3 - 5 years."
Mr. Ritesh Singh said, "I would like to thank Sujit for his mentorship and wish him the best in life. LATICRETE has had a presence in the Middle East since the 90's and has been a key part of some of the milestone projects in the region, from the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, to the Al Hamra Tower in Kuwait and the Kingdom Centre in Riyadh. I am very excited to take on this new opportunity, as LATICRETE Middle East moves into its next phase of growth by expanding its presence across the Middle East and Africa. Africa is the next frontier for growth in the LATICRETE world. This will also see us recruit further talent to support our growth initiatives. With globally proven construction solutions and strong relationships within the construction industry, we are confident of an impressive and sustainable growth in the coming future."
LATICRETE is a leading manufacturer of globally proven construction solutions for the building industry. LATICRETE offers a broad range of products and systems covering tile & stone installation and care, masonry installation and care, resinous and decorative floor finishes, concrete construction chemicals, and concrete restoration and care including the LATICRETE® SUPERCAP® System. For over 60 years, LATICRETE has been committed to research and development of innovative installation products, building a reputation for superior quality, performance and customer service. LATICRETE methods, materials, and technology have been field and laboratory proven by Architects, Engineers, Contractors and Owners. Offering an array of low VOC and sustainable products, LATICRETE products contribute to LEED certification, exceed commercial/residential VOC building requirements, and are backed by the most comprehensive warranties in the industry.


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Fossil of 'human-sized' penguin found in New Zealand
Wednesday - August 14, 2019 3:42 pm , Category : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Wellington, Aug 14 (IANS) Paleontologists in New Zealand on Wednesday announced the discovery of a previously-unknown species of prehistoric giant penguin that waddled around the country between 66 and 56 million years ago.The species -- Crossvallia waiparensis -- was 1.60 metres (5 feet and 3 inches) tall - the approximate size of an average human - weighed up to 80 kg and was 40 centimetre taller than present-day Emperor penguins, New Zealand's Canterbury Museum said in a statement."When the Crossvallia species were alive, New Zealand and Antarctica were very different from today - Antarctica was covered in forest and both had much warmer climates," said the museum's senior natural history curator, Dr Paul Scofield, underlining the close connection between the Oceanic archipelago and the ice-covered continent. The "monster" penguin's fossilized remains were found in 2018 by an amateur paleontologist in North Canterbury, in the northeast of South Island, Efe news reported.Museum curators studied the bones and concluded that they belonged to a species that had never been identified before.The huge bird roamed New Zealand's coast during the Paleocene epoch of the Cenozoic Era, shortly after the Cretaceous-Tertiary (K-T) extinction event that saw the planet's erstwhile overlords - the dinosaurs and many related giant reptiles - vanish from existence, giving way to the age of mammals and birds.The site of the discovery, known as the Waipara Greensand, is considered one of the world's most significant sites for prehistoric penguin fossils. Crossvallia waiparensis is the fifth ancient penguin species described from fossils uncovered there."The fossils discovered there have made our understanding of penguin evolution a whole lot clearer," said Dr Gerald Mayr of the Canterbury Museum.
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Toledo MetroParks
The sun is shining, the spring birds are singing, and the crocuses are blooming here in northwest Ohio! We've had several days in the 50's, and one that topped 60°. The good 'ol Maumee River has flowed over its banks once again, depositing massive ice chunks throughout Side Cut Metropark. It certainly feels like spring is here.
Of course, it did snow yesterday.
After I started writing this, I realized that I described this situation's opposite in my very first blog post; it was 55° in December. At that time, we were eagerly anticipating snow so that we could put our brand new Tubbs Snowshoes to use. Yesterday, the snow was met with a little more angst, and it wasn't even enough to squeeze in one last snowshoe. Barring an April blizzard (which wouldn't be the first) this may be my last blog post for the Get Outdoors program.
Metroparks of the Toledo Area had a blast snowshoeing this winter! We were able to reach so many people who might otherwise have spent the entire winter inside. Staff received countless thanks from participants who were happy to have access to a fun, safe, beginner-friendly wintertime activity. There was only one participant who wasn't able to fit into our Tubbs Snowshoes—Metroparks mascot Owlberta the Barred Owl, whose feet are just a little bigger than most. One feedback comment said it best: "We were so glad to get great exercise and to once again enjoy the beauty of our Metroparks."
Metroparks programmers really enjoyed the challenge of incorporating snowshoes into our usual programs. We were all surprised at how many unique snowshoeing adventures we came up with! We brought our snowshoes geocaching, across Fallen Timbers Battlefield National Historic Site, under the moon, on photography walks, to a local high school's gym classes, and even on an expedition to find beavers. We love the versatility of this activity; anywhere we go, the snowshoes can come, too!
We cannot thank Tubbs Snowshoes enough for giving us and our patrons this amazing opportunity. Thanks to the Get Outdoors program, we were able to turn "the slow season between fall and spring" into "the bundle-up-and-get-your-butt-out-here season of adventure"! One comment I've been hearing recently from both Metroparks staff and the public is that they wish the snow could stick around just a little bit longer. I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone in Ohio make that wish, so I consider this winter a great success in softening some harsh feelings toward That White Stuff. We can't wait for next winter's snowshoe fun!


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Sweat drips down my face. We stand in a parking lot in Culver City, and it's so hot we can feel the asphalt through our shoes.
In a few days this lot will fade back into the featureless sprawl of Los Angeles, but for now this slab of tarmac is home to a charming little tent city that comprises the IndieCade festival.
Independent games, both digital and tabletop, are on display here, but it's actually a piece of hardware that has the longest line. It obstructs the walkway, curling back beyond the confines of a blue tent, hiding the line's real length.
People really want to play with the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset.
Oculus has a large presence at IndieCade, and for good reason—the still-a-prototype headset has become a beacon of innovation on both the hardware and software fronts. The first game I'm hooked into is called Dumpy: Going Elephants—an acid trip of a game where you play as an elephant. When you swing your head back and forth in real life, your in-game elephant trunk also swings around, smashing UFOs and police cars to pieces and generally causing mayhem.
It's crazy. It's fun. It's exciting.
So we pulled aside Nate Mitchell, Oculus's VP of Product, to do a "brief" interview with us, discussing everything from "how to make your character seem like he's more than four feet tall" to '90s virtual reality, architectural pre-vis, and oversized gerbil balls.
The recorder comes out, the (digital) tape starts rolling, and we kick it off with the most obvious question—the one that has plagued us (and them) for months now.
When are we going to see a launch date for the consumer version?
Nate Mitchell: No release date has been announced.
Do you have a launch lineup? Are you that involved with the community or is it just hardware and developers?
NM: We would love to have a launch lineup, but we haven't announced anything.
I mean, we're working really closely with a number of developers, right? You'd be hard-pressed to name a studio in the world that doesn't have a dev kit. It's not necessarily like Activision is buying their studios dev kits, but you can imagine like, you work there and you backed the Kickstarter and then you bring a Rift in and…
Now you have one.
NM: Yeah. Every studio in the world probably has dev kits, so we're constantly working with all sorts of devs on experimentation or pet projects or integrations or indie projects. We just launched Oculus Share, which is basically a developer portal where devs can upload games, tech demos, experiments—like, stairs are something that's really hard in VR. People have built little demos like, "Here's a staircase," so you can experiment really quickly and you can move the staircase and stuff—whatever. How do you share that with the community, right?
So we built this portal where devs can just upload things, share them and get feedback from other developers. If you want to learn about VR game design, you can go and download all these things and be like, "Oh, that looks like it has a cool UI," and, "That looks like it has a cool camera implementation for VR," and then learn from all those games. It was all about helping devs build better games, and there's like 30 games on there now.
Are they uploading just builds or are they uploading source code?
NM: Mostly builds. Mostly not source code, so it's a full executable that you can run. That's a good question. We haven't done anything like that, but maybe we should add a feature like that.
And it's just the hosting, because we also have our developer portal with source code and the integrations and documentation and samples and stuff. So they go like, half and half. First we launched the dev portal a long time ago when we launched the SDK. It's kind of like an app store with no monetization aimed just at devs. Does that make sense? You can't profit, but you can just share with other developers.
I'm super-curious to see the depth and breadth of tutorials you have because I can only imagine developing games for this is completely uncharted.
That's exactly right. In fact, Palmer and I are giving a talk today on VR game design and we'll talk about some of the things that are cool in VR and then the second half of the talk that I'm doing is like, "Here are three challenging areas in VR"
Is one of them how to make your guy not seem like he's four feet tall?
[Laughs] Yeah, that's actually part of the talk.
It's some of the cool things like scale, player height, mass, all this neat stuff. Then some of the challenges are latency, simulator sickness, user interfaces—like, what is a UI in VR? If your main menu's stuck to your face, it's not immersive, it's not fun, it's not intuitive to use so you have to move the UI into the world to get this more immersive experience.
All this stuff is totally uncharted, so we're trying to help developers build better games and really accelerate the VR game design research as fast as we can so we can get better games at launch that aren't just Team Fortress 2. We want to see, like, "Call of Duty VR" that's made for VR where you look down and launch a missile strike and then look up and look behind you and you're peeking around corners—that's when you start to push the medium forward and that's when it gets the most exciting.
Are you guys doing any work with voice recognition experts to enhance that side of things? Because obviously the fact that you can't see the keyboard or controller is a big issue right now.
Yes. So I can't say exactly what we're doing but what I can say is we want to nail the headset first. We want to get the visual aspect perfect. Controls are something that's super interesting and challenging in VR. We don't think a gamepad or a keyboard and mouse is the right answer, but god, voice recognition is complicated, so we'll see.
With the Rift it's all about tricking your brain into thinking you're somewhere else visually. We're only using one sense. There's no smell, there's no audio—audio is coming from headphones or something else. But we really want to get vision to the point where it's just perfect, and then we can move on to other areas.
Humans are extremely visual creatures, so when you see something you will start to smell smells and things like that, or even like feel cold or hot depending on the location, but without the visual aspect your brain has trouble going the other direction.
A perfect example is if you take a bottle that smells like lemon and you make it blue and you smell it, a lot of people won't be able to tell it's lemon because the visual disconnect is so strong that your brain is like, "No, it's blue. It smells like blue." Then when someone says it's lemon, you're like, "What? That's just crazy."
But with the Rift, the visual piece has always been the missing piece for VR. There hasn't been something that visually feel like you're somewhere entirely different. Once we nail that—getting back to the question—we'll expand into other areas.
Have you gone back and played old '90s VR cabinets?
Oh yeah. Palmer (Luckey, co-founder of Oculus VR) has the biggest private collection in the world—that we know of—of VR headsets. He's got like, 57 units now, not including doubles and not including his own. I sort of made that number up, but he would tell you; it's somewhere between 50 and 60.
So yes. Dactyl Nightmare, some of the Virtual Boy stuff, he's got all sorts of weird things. Actually the software tends to be harder to find than the actual hardware. Hardware is hard to find, but they pop up on eBay every now and again; it's harder to track down that weird game that was running on it at the time.
Are any of those games good? Do you sit around and play them?
They all have problems. The hardware just wasn't ready. The latency was a challenge, optics were a challenge.
So much of what the Rift uses is the same technology that's in your mobile phone. The mobile phone explosion is really what makes the tech in the Rift possible. We're standing on the shoulders of giants, basically. The technology is just getting to be there.
When you go back and look at [old VR systems] and you're like, "Oh, it's so realistic but the graphics are 32-bit. Like, woah!"—It's not their fault, it's not like a failure. They did the best they could with the stuff they had at the time, but none of it's very compelling.
Are you in talks with Valve about getting an Oculus section on Steam? It's specialized hardware, and a lot of those Oculus games are not going to work on a monitor.
We're good friends with the people at Valve. We'll see; we haven't really gotten that far. That's something that would be more timed with our launch and less, like, today.
Would Oculus games be sold on Steam or would they be sold through Oculus VR?
No, they could be sold through both. I mean, one of the beauties of the PC is it's an open platform. We want developers to get their games out however they want. We're obviously going to offer as many great developer tools as we possibly can and hopefully the best connection to the Oculus audience—you know, like you put on your headset and you have an experience where you can buy games and connect with your friends and stuff like that.
But if you want to buy your game on Steam and they sell it on Steam, there's nothing stopping that from happening and it's just as good. We want you using the Rift, more than anything.


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Herbie PB is a unique environmentally friendly product to remove green stains from tiles, wooden furniture, fences and roofs. In addition, it is suitable to make lawns and golf courses moss free.
This powerful plant based agent, which consists of protein, starch, oils and other food ingredients, is legally no pesticide. The formulation and all the individual ingredients have no direct effect on moss or algae. Herbie PB forms a very thin coating on the surface to which it is applied. This coating is suffocating algae and mosses.
However, grass and other plants experience little effect. Besides suffocating, the ingredients may also stimulate the growth of micro-organisms that produce (mild) organic acids, that algae and mosses are very susceptible to. The process is fast. After 2 to 4 days, the effect is clearly visible.
Herbie PB works as algae remover much longer than the usual chemical agents against green slime (usually quaternary ammonium compounds).
Herbie PB as moss remover for lawns and golf courses gives no black spots (like with iron sulphate) and scarifying afterwards is no longer necessary.
In the Netherlands, Herbie PB sold under the name MossKade, through the company HortiPro BV. For more information, see www.mosskade.nl, also for points of sale in the Netherlands.


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Leather Hardback, 9 x 5.5 inches. Quarter bound maroon/purple calf leather to spine and corners, green pebbled cloth boards. Black leather spine label lettered in gilt. Panelled numbering. Raised and gilt banding. Marbled page edges and endpapers. In very good condition. Spine faded, edges and corners rubbed, some rubbing to boards and scratches to rear. Some foxing spots to front endpapers/title pg. A couple of very minor spots else inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. 711pp. Including also: James Grant: Did She Love Him? (complete), Duchess of Rosemary Lane, and many other stories by various authors. Henty; "Sir Sala Jung and the Berars" (pp.617 - 626).
Title: "Sir Sala Jung and the Berars". In: TINSLEY'S MAGAZINE. Vol. 18. XVII. From January to June 1876.
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LED recessed lighting is shortly changing into a well-liked possibility for lights in houses. To ensure you find yourself with recessed lighting that you not only like, however that is additionally a very good match for the area you'll be utilizing it in, there are a number of most important components it is best to bear in mind in your search. The power to direct the beam of sunshine from the lighting fixture is essential, particularly if you're highlighting any landscaping features corresponding to a effervescent fountain, gazing ball or special flowers.
The trim covers up all the gentle except for a small central sphere, as with a pinhole digicam. Good for those lighting designs that require lights hooked up to a vertical floor, the wall mounted light could be present in various kinds and finishes. Open lighting implies that the bulb is uncovered to achieve maximum brightness, and baffled lighting has a ribbed protecting that helps to reduce glare, and eyeball lighting is adjustable and may shine the light in many various instructions.
Recessed lighting can be used as merely a substitute for lamps or other forms of lighting or to highlight certain accent features in a room. Eyeball Trim — Sometimes referred to as directional or adjustable trim, these help you change the path of the sunshine as needed. As added advantages, these covers may also help with sound deadening and can block an main means in and out of your living area for insects and different small pests.
For example, if you're lighting a process area, akin to a kitchen, then direct a gaggle of closely placed lights toward the counter or kitchen mild. Whether or not you're cooking, studying, entertaining or simply watching tv, bringing just the right lighting to your state of affairs will present just the correct temper in your versatile life-style. Though recessed fixtures are most simply installed between ceiling joists, some are designed specifically for retrofit functions and can slip into an existing ceiling house via holes made to accommodate wiring.
For instance, within the kitchen house, you must place your lamps a minimal of 4 toes and a maximum of three ft apart to provide plenty of ample lighting in your kitchen space. They embrace ridges around the trim that assist take in a few of the gentle and scale back glare. Just bear in mind – planning forward is very important when installing out of doors recessed lighting.


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Technical Paper
2-Way Driven Compressor for Hybrid Vehicle Climate Control System
The environment is one of the most important issues currently facing the world and the automobile industry is required to respond with eco-cars. To meet this requirement, the hybrid vehicle is one of the most optimal solutions. The hybrid system automatically stops engine idling (idling stop), or stops the engine during deceleration to recover energy. The engine stop however creates a problem concerning the vehicle's climate control system. Because the conventional climate control system incorporates a compressor driven by engine belt, there is almost no cooling performance while the engine is stopped. Until now, when a driver needed more cooling comfort the engine has been switched back on as a compromise measure. To realize cabin comfort that is consistent with fuel saving, a 2-way driven compressor has been developed that can be driven both by engine belt while the engine is running and by electric motor when the engine is stopped.


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A Juneau neighborhood association is taking its fight against a transitional home for just-released female inmates to court, after exhausting all of its municipal appeal options.
Haven House can continue operating on Malissa Drive in the Mendenhall Valley for now.
The Juneau Assembly denied the Tall Timbers Neighborhood Association's appeal Monday, upholding the planning commission's decision to allow permitting for Haven House.
"My clients intend to appeal that decision to the Superior Court," says attorney Dan Bruce, who represents the neighborhood association.
He wants the state court to overturn the city's decision. Bruce and his clients continue to argue that Haven House is a halfway house, which under city code, isn't allowed in typical residential districts, like the area around Malissa Drive.
"Haven House is the only non-single family use in that whole neighborhood," Bruce says.
Bruce says the home will lower property values and have an adverse effect on the neighborhood. He hopes the legal fight will shut the house down.
Haven House Director Kara Nelson says she isn't surprised. In the beginning of the Tall Timbers' protest, she says she took it personally. Nelson herself has been in prison and struggled with addiction. She's been sober since 2011. Now, she sees the fight as an opportunity.
"It really brings a good challenge for those of us that have been in prison to really show what we know, and that is what we're being perceived as is not true when we're living in long-term recovery," Nelson says.
Haven House is a faith-based non-profit. It provides a structured living situation where residents have to come up with an individual action plan and get the support to follow it through. They must attend some sort of women's support, recovery or Bible group. Haven House can accept up to nine women transitioning out of prison who can live there for up to two years.
Nelson says the Tall Timbers' perception of what Haven House will do to the neighborhood is an example of the stigma Haven House residents face on a daily basis.
"We're not going to be ashamed," Nelson says. "We're not dismissing the crimes that have been committed, but what we're saying is addiction is a disease and so we're focusing on the solution. The solution is long-term recovery and to do that you surround yourself with other people who have done it before you."
Nelson says it's been a long journey to get Haven House going and she says an appeal at the Superior Court level is just another step.


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I'm still quite new to the BeoWorld, I'm just starting to dip my toes, therefore pardon me in case my questions might sound a bit naive.
I am currently looking for a pre-loved white BeoPlay V1-40 with the ambition of using it primarily as a wireless speaker for streaming music (Apple Music, Spotify, TuneIn) via Apple devices (both iOS and macOS), for an old audio system via Airport Express, then as a tv player of streamed content (Netflix and NAS).
Hence my questions.
1) I thought I had collected all the possible facts about the V1 in the past few weeks, while just today I have stumbled on the information that the WiFi antenna was an option! 😳
What if it is not included? Should I look for the OE Tyco antenna? If yes, any suggestion on where I can find it and estimated cost? If not, is there any alternate option you may suggest? Which 802.11 standard is complying to? Single or dual band?
2) I would like to add the 4K Apple TV, even though I am aware I will not benefit of the 4K and HDR features.
Would it still fit on the recessed rear channel? Would it work also as a WiFi receiver for the TV (then making the Tyco antenna unnecessary)? How can I control music streaming from old hi-fi+AE, speakers on and video turned off? Would casual gaming via A-TV have the same lag experienced with game consoles?
3) In case of future wireless audio expansion what would you suggest? Would it be possible to connect BeoPlay A6 or A9?
Well, while re-reading my post I have noticed that I have collected a fair amount of doubts, so I hope you Gentlemen can help to clarify at least some of them.
Thank you!
Hello Everyone,
thank you for the great feedback you are providing!
Hereunder some pics showing how I have arranged the wires on the back lid.
Maybe I am still doing something wrong as it is not perfectly closing.
About the YouTube app, my feeling is that it is crashing because of some SW issue, not because of poor wifi connection. BTW I don't have high hopes for some bug fixes in the future.
MM, I have been able to launch the video streaming from my iOS YouTube app but I'm not sure it works when the tv is in stand by. Is there any tv setting I should check?
I take the chance thank you for the hints on how to change the Beo4 button from Deezer to TuneIn, I will try as soon as I'll have time later this week.
Double post, sorry.
Please remove one, thanks!
MM, I have been able to launch the video streaming from my iOS YouTube app but I'm not sure it works when the tv is in stand by. Is there any tv setting I should check?
Have you made a quick start timer - or more?
The V1 must be visible on the network for this to work.
There is a tv - and there is a BV.
Hi MM, I have now found the correct setting in the menu where I can select to have a different power consumption stand by mode.
This selection can be adjusted for specific days/times and it allows a sort of wake up mode from external sources, such as YouTube app from the smartphone.
Great advice, thank you!
Just ask if not all of your questions are answered yet!
Last item, then thanks to the help of you BeoWorlders I have set everything, I swear!
Hereunder my current source list:
Source List
TV Tuner —> TV
Radio —> Radio
Homemedia —> H.Media
Webmedia —> DTV
Netradio —> N.Radio
YouTube —> YouTube
Deezer —>
Apple TV —> Apple TV
Hereunder would I'd like to have:
Plan A)
TuneIn —> A.Mem
The scope is to switch to the TuneIn app with the press of one button only.
Plan B)
If not possible ,switching to TuneIn via the List button of the Beo4 would be an acceptable alternative option.
Well - A.Mem is a one button action, isn't it?
By the way - does your tv provider offer radio programmes on your cable/antenna?
Hmmmm - where does your TuneIn come from?
Yes, you are correct. I have both Radio and NetRadio options but I just wanted to learn how to configure Sources and Beo4.
Today is TuneIn embedded app, maybe tomorrow will be a different source. :-)
Is there a way to set TuneIn app with the A.Mem button?
Oh well, you have TuneIn as an app in the Webmedia section.
No, that is not possible.
But why, oh why do you need that - you already have two radio functions....ready for 'one-button-action'.
What could you possibly find on TuneIn, that you can't find on the Netradio of the tv?
I just wanted to learn how to configure A.Mem to something different than Deezer.
MM, thank you for all your valuable support
I just wanted to learn how to configure A.Mem to something different than Deezer.
You can - just free it from Deezer (set Deezer to none or something else) and you can assign A.Mem to what you like.....
.....just not to an integrated app - only the sources of the tv.


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Top UK School NLCS To Open In Dubai September 2017
Prestigious British independent school – North London Collegiate School (NLCS) announced today, that it would be opening a new Dubai branch in September 2017, the brand's first in the... Read On
Prestigious British independent school – North London Collegiate School (NLCS) announced today, that it would be opening a new Dubai branch in September 2017, the brand's first in the... Read On
Ajman's newest school, Woodlem Park International School is set to launch in April 2017, in time for the new Indian academic year. The school is located in the Al... Read On
This weekend, the 'Open Diversity Meet Up Community Group,' will present 'Choosing a School: Making the Best Choice for your Child in Dubai.' The session will be held from... Read On
Dubai-based Equilibrium Management Consultants has announced that it has signed an agreement with Fun Academy, to launch kindergarten schools across the Middle East commencing September 2017. Fun Academy is... Read On
ADEC has announced that eight new private schools will open this academic year, creating over 16,000 new student places across the Emirate. While the council has yet to reveal... Read On
Emirates REIT, a real estate investment trust, has announced it has secured land to develop a new British Columbia-Canadian curriculum School in Dubai Investment Park. The company already owns... Read On
So what exactly does 150,000,000 AED get you when you're building a school. Answer… Quite a lot – but actually building it will be more complicated and take you... Read On
Newly appointed Pakistani Ambassador Moazzam Ahmad Khan has said he will make developing the Pakistani education sector- one of his biggest concerns. Speaking to Gulf News, Khan said he... Read On
One of the biggest schools to launch this year is the 3,000+ capacity Sunmarke School in JVT. Built to 're-home' and expand the Secondary school at Regent, Sunmarke will... Read On
One of 2016's most popular new schools, the Next Generation School (NGS) will be launching with over 500 students and a waiting list. Set to open on 4th September,... Read On
Although DBS- Jumeirah Park may have opened its doors for Years 1 to 6 back in September 2015, tomorrow (28th August) will see the school launch its Secondary section.... Read On
The wait is over and the much anticipated Jebel Ali School is finally finished. WhichSchoolAdvisor.com met with head of secondary Colette Doughty and principal Jacqui Parr for a tour of... Read On
Over the past year, WhichsShoolAdvisor.com has followed the development of Arcadia Prep with interest. We've walked the unique JVT plot, viewed the award winning design by GAJ architects and... Read On
Smart vision, the dual UK/Ministry of Education curriculum school in Al Barsha, set to launch shortly, really is all 'set-to-go!' During its inaugural year, Smart Vision will cater for... Read On
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Al Mamoura School AD is the second school that Aldar Academies will be opening in Abu Dhabi in September this year. Offering the UK curriculum, the school will open... Read On
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Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud & Elder Abuse
To protect our most vulnerable citizens and help safeguard the state's Medi-Cal program, the Attorney General's Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse works aggressively to investigate and prosecute those who would rob taxpayers of millions of dollars each year and divert scarce health care resources from the needy. The Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse also works aggressively to protect patients in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities from abuse or neglect. These dedicated efforts have earned special national recognition for the Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Abuse.
California's most vulnerable people - its children, poor, elderly and disabled - can all too often be victimized by:
- Medical doctors ordering unnecessary lab tests, and allowing untrained, uncertified assistants to provide medical treatment to patients
- Dentists performing unnecessary teeth extractions on both adults and children
- Medical supply companies billing for equipment and products that were neither ordered nor delivered
- Nursing homes allowing their patients to suffer from bedsores, malnutrition and dehydration
- Nurse assistants physically abusing elderly and dependent adult patients who are entrusted to their care
Your Legal Duty - Reporting Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse
This video and written curriculum are designed for mandated reporters under section 15630 of the California Welfare and Institutions Code, including but not limited to staff in every long-term health care facility, community care facility, and residential care facility for the elderly, as well as for everyone else who counsels, cares for, or interacts with elderly or dependent adults and therefore needs to know how to recognize and report neglect and other abuse.
Training Materials:
Download a text version of the Your Legal Duty Curriculum, pdf
The reporting requirements have changed and our office is working on a new curriculum along with a revised video. Please use the document entitled "Mandated Reporter Flow Chart," which describes the newly revised requirements, to supplement the curriculum and video.
While most health care providers in the state's Medi-Cal program are committed to giving the finest and most appropriate treatment to their patients, some unfortunately place profit and greed above patient care and the law.


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Cannes: Heineken, W&K Win Creative Effectiveness Grand Prix
Heineken's "Legendary Journey," from Wieden & Kennedy, Amsterdam, won the first Grand Prix of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in the category of creative effectiveness.
This three-year-old category is a little different than others at Cannes. In order to enter, the work first must be judged to be creatively excellent by winning a Lion the year prior. Then, entrants are required to submit a 40-page paper that includes the business metrics proving the campaign's effectiveness. Those papers and metrics are vetted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers before being submitted to the jury.
What it is: The Heineken entry, titled "Legendary Journey: Justifying a Premium the World Over," was a global campaign that demonstrated significant increases in market share in every country, according to the jury. The campaign's most high-profile element was a highly detailed and produced video, "The Date," in which a suave gentleman takes a beautiful woman for a legendary night out. He shows off skills, ranging from fileting a fish to performing magic tricks. The campaign also included online integration, such as contests where entrants could try to win their own legendary dates.
The jury: The jury president was Shelly Lazarus, chairman emeritus of Ogilvy & Mather. Despite her long career in advertising, this was only her third trip to Cannes and her first time serving on a jury. The jury was a mix of brand marketers and agency executives -- both creative and planning/strategy types, plus some folks with heavy experience in research. The jury came up with a formula to weight the various aspects of an entry: 25% for idea, 25% for strategy and 50% for effectiveness.
Why it won: The jury was impressed with the size of the challenge the campaign overcame: to create a global platform and drive results everywhere it ran, "from Poland to Brazil, Nigeria to the Netherlands," Ms. Lazarus said. Added juror Luis Di Como, senior VP-global media at Unilever, "Instead of going for the lowest common denominator, [the campaign] went for a higher level." Jurors also noted the beer category is particularly difficult when it comes to differentiating a brand and its advertising -- and that Heineken was successful at both. Juror Jonathan Mildenhall, VP-global advertising strategy and content excellence at Coca-Cola Co., said: "The jury felt the body of work must make a long-term difference in the marketing community. At the end of the day, it's got to be legacy-building creative work."
Controversy or clear winner? Ms. Lazarus said there was "great debate" about the Grand Prix and that "you could make a case for the excellence of all these Lions."
Other notable winners: Beyond the Grand Prix, there were only six Lions awarded in this category. The top four, in addition to Heineken, included Coca-Cola's "Share a Coke" from Ogilvy & Mather, Sydney; John Lewis's "From Crying to Buying" from Adam & Eve DDB, London, and Manning Gottlieb OMD, London; and American Express's "Small Business Gets an Official Day" from Digitas, New York, and CP&B.
Interesting trend: Save for the Grand Prix, which was created in the Netherlands, all the Lions came from Anglo-Saxon countries -- one from the U.S.; two from the U.K.; two from Australia; and one from New Zealand. Juror Russ Mitchinson, planning partner at DDB Australia, noted that those countries tend to have a strong effectiveness culture and a heritage of quality, and planning and strategic output is testament to that. He said in Australia and New Zealand, in particular, "sometimes the barriers to market are lower and there's more opportunity to create innovative ideas." He noted that clients may be willing to take a bit of a risk because the market is smaller. "If [a creative risk] doesn't work out in America or Europe, that could be a massive, massive business issue."
Advice for next year: In some cases, great work wasn't awarded because the quality of the papers submitted to support that work's effectiveness was so poor. Jurors pleaded to the industry to raise the quality of the paper writing. Said Mr. Mitchinson, "There were so many fantastic creative ideas that come through this round of effectiveness judging, and we could see the merits in many of these. And yet the quality of the paper writing was not sufficiently good to allow us to award some of these ideas … it was quite frustrating for the jury."


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Today has been hard as I was back at work. Especially as it was someone's birthday and there was cake. I was good and resisted and ate grapes instead but grapes aren't quite cake on a busy Monday afternoon.
I also had to take a small mountain of food with me to work so I had breakfast, lunch, snacks and coconut milk with me. That's quite heavy on top of my yoga mat and normal work bag. Still I shouldn't need to take milk in until Wednesday or Thursday and then I'm going to buy it at the supermarket near the office rather than carrying it in.
I've generally decided that I'm not that big a fan of coconut milk (milk substitute not the creamy/coconut milk that goes in cooking) in tea. It's a slightly strange taste not bad but just a bit odd. I really like it in overnight oats, especially as I had it this morning with cinnamon. I might try heating my oats up tomorrow as it's been quite cold the past few days and I think the extra warmth in the morning would be nice.
Tonight also was my evening that I was at home with no plans so I did quite a bit of preparation for later in the week including making soup and roast vegetables.
Today I've eaten;
Breakfast – overnight oats with blueberries, teaspoon of sunflower seeds and cinnamon.
Lunch – chopped salad with tomato, cucumber, sweetcorn, beans, peppers, carrots and onion. With an olive oil and lemon juice dressing. – very tasty and certainly something that I'll be making again.
Dinner – turkey steak with sweet potato mash
Snacks – grapes, raisins and chai tea with coconut milk.


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I recently came across two articles on SRRN and forthcoming in the Virginia Law Review: Chevron's Two Steps by Bamberger and Strauss (Columbia) and Chevron Has Only One Step by Stephenson and Vermeule (Harvard). Both articles provide theoretical models for judicial interpretation of statutes and agency decision-making process under Chevron.
There are at least four potential parts of judicial review of agency interpretations of federal statutes:
(1) Chevron Step 0: Not usually counted as a "step," addressing whether Chevron applies at all. See Sunstein, Chevron Step Zero.
(2) Chevron Step 1: A determination of statutory ambiguity using traditional tools of statutory construction.
(3) Chevron Step 2: A reasonableness inquiry into perhaps the nature of the policy choice or perhaps the agency decision-making process.
(4) APA/Hard Look Review: See State Farm. Not counted as a "step," but may be implicated in Step 2.
After reading the papers above and their theoretical frameworks which suggest how judges should act and why, it continues to occur to me that very little data exist informing scholars how judges are actually dealing with Chevron.
The Chevron doctrine's complexity makes empirical inquiry especially difficult. The Miles/Sunstein piece Do Judges Make Regulatory Policy? An Empirical Investigation of 'Chevron' is excellent, but they do not seek to separate out the various Chevron "steps." My own paper An Empirical Investigation of Judicial Decisionmaking, Statutory Interpretation & the Chevron Doctrine in Environmental Law suggests a number of problems, at least in the environmental law context, exist in implementing Chevron. For example, some judges do turn Chevron into a single step process, and some judges see no difference between step 2 and hard look review while others do.
Thus, I'm curious to learn what other papers are in this forthcoming issue of the Virginia Law Review.... Perhaps a paper entitled, "Does Chevron Really Have Four Steps?"


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Prologue - Thank You
Prologue - Promoting
Prologue - Story
Prologue - Limited-Edition Merch
Prologue - Leave It to Me
Prologue - On the Movie
Mr. Osomatsu in Hell
Cherry Blossoms
The Late Night Himatsuya / Dayon and Dayon / Iyami-san Is Troubled
Overseas Vacation
BANANA, NEET Correctional Facility, etc.
Tidbits Collection 2
President Dekapan / Ventriloquism / Valentine's Day
Iyami, Alone in the Wind
Punishment! / Inn
Space Pirates / Gourmet Episode / The Cutie Next Door
Jar / Karamatsu Taxi / Totty Quiz
The Choromatsu Incident
End of the Year
The Eitarou Family
Chibita's Revenge
Karamatsu and Brother
Campaign Starting Now!
Jyushimatsu and the Dolphin / Totoko and Nyaa
Osomatsu and Todomatsu
Iyami Has Arrived
Osomatsu-san in the Summer
Matsuzou and Matsuyo
Totoko's Challenge
Super Detergent
Mr. Osomatsu Returns
Mr. Osomatsu JRA Special 2016
Osomatsu-san, Such As It Was
Totoko's Huge Panic / Letter
Kerosene / Dayon Tribe
The Star of Hope, Todomatsu / Final Sheeeh
Mahjong / Godmatsu
Tell Us, Hatabou / School Matsu / Iyami's School
Iyami's Counterattack
Jyushimatsu Festival
Matsuno Matsunan / The Ichimatsu Incident
Interview / The Life of Chibita's Flower
We Caught a Cold / Todomatsu's Line / Choromatsu-sensei
Sanematsu-san / Girlymatsu-san / Accident?
The "Osomatsu-san" Year-End Special!
Year-End Special-san
Christmas Osomatsu-san
Iyami and Chibita's Rental Girlfriend
Chibita and Oden / Jyushimatsu Falls in Love
The Calming Osomatsu / Totoko's Dream
Todomatsu and the Five Demons / Four / Going North
It's a Birthday Party, Dajo / Iyami's Great Discovery
The Karamatsu Incident / ESP Kitty
Let's Become Independent / This Is Totoko
Virgin Heroes
Tidbits Collection
Let's Get a Job / The Melancholy of Osomatsu
Due to a decision by the anime's production committee, episode 1 is no longer available.
Simulcast on Mondays 2:00pm EDT
Mr. Osomatsu is based off of the gag manga series Osomatsu-kun by Fujio Akatsuka, and ran from 1962 to 1969. The series features a set of sextuplets,
Mr. Osomatsu is based off of the gag manga series Osomatsu-kun by Fujio Akatsuka, and ran from 1962 to 1969. The series features a set of sextuplets, the Matsuno brothers, with Osomatsu being the oldest brother and leader of the group.


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This recipe is my own creation. :)
4 sm. or 2 lg. bone-in pork chops (boneless would be fine also)
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, diced
1/4 c. soy sauce
3 Tb. brown sugar
3/4 c. tomato sauce
1 tsp. sesame seeds
1 Tb. fresh ginger, minced
pepper to taste
Put chops in crockpot and season with pepper. Mix remainder of ingredients and pour over the pork chops. Cook on low for 6 hrs. Serve over rice.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
1 comment:
- Amy K said...
Fun! Great idea. :)
- October 17, 2007 at 4:58 PM
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The Global Computational Biology Market is expected to reach USD 4,285.1 million by 2020 growing at a CAGR of 21.1%, according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Steady increase in the usage & application of computational biology for bioinformatics R&D programs designed for sequencing genomes to better understand biological systems and increasing number of clinical studies in pharmacogenomics and pharmacokinetics for novel drug discovery studies are expected to drive computational biology demand over the next six years.
Computational genomics for cellular and biological simulation applications dominated the market in 2013, accounting for over 47% of global revenue. Key factors driving demand for these applications include the growth of drug designing, disease modeling and personalized medicine applications and the growing usage of computational biology for functional and structural genomics, epigenomics and metagenomics for the analysis of protein transcription, protein-protein interactions, gene sequencing and expression and 3-dimensional protein structure analysis.
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Further key findings from the study suggest:
- North America was the largest regional market, accounting for 58.0% of the global revenue in 2013. Its large share is majorly attributed to the growing research investments and initiatives for development of drug discovery, disease modeling technologies and innovations in biological computation methods. It is expected that Asia Pacific will witness the fastest growth in the market, at an estimated CAGR of 28.0% owing to the increasing expenditure in clinical studies for pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenomics.
- The application of computational biology in proteomics for cellular simulation is expected to grow at the fastest CAGR of over 22% owing to the shift in sequencing studies towards further analysis of the nature of various biological proteins as a part of development of personalized medicine.
- Drug discovery and disease modelling applications dominated the market, accounting for 58.0% of global revenue in 2013. This large share is attributed by the extensive drug development pipelines present for a number of global branded and generic drug manufacturing firms such as Sanofi, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.
- Computational Biology databases dominated the tools segment and accounted for 44.5% of the market revenue in 2013, owing to extensive genomic database usage for warehousing and data mining of biological and sequential data generated from genomic and proteomic studies. Consequentially, the software and services for the analysis of biological data is expected to witness the fastest CAGR of over 21.0%.
- Key players of this market include Schrodinger, Accelrys, Certara, Entelos, Simulation Plus and others.
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For the purpose of this study, Grand View Research has segmented the computational biology market on the basis of applications, tools, services, end users and region:
• Computational Biology Application Outlook
• Cellular & Biological Simulation
• Computational Genomics
• Computational Proteomics
• Pharmacogenomics
• Others (Transcriptomics/Metabolomics)
• Drug Discovery and Disease Modelling
• Target Identification
• Target Validation
• Lead Discovery
• Lead Optimization
• Preclinical Drug Development
• Pharmacokinetics
• Pharmacodynamics
• Clinical trials
• Phase I
• Phase II
• Phase III
• Human Body Simulation Software
• Computational Biology Tools Outlook
• Databases
• Infrastructure (Hardware)
• Analysis Software & Services
• Computational Biology Services Outlook
• In-house
• Contract
• Computational Biology End User Outlook
• Academics
• Industry
• Commercial
• Computational Biology Regional Outlook
• North America
• Europe
• Asia Pacific
• RoW
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A couple of weeks ago, we hopped on Big Bus Tours in Miami and were tourists for a day in our own city. I rode around town—we did roundtrip from Coral Gables to Coral Gables—with three jr. reporters for most of the breezy and sunny day, and if their barrels of laughter and the fact that not once was I asked, "are we there yet?" are any indication, then the tour is a definite success…for everyone from families to honeymooning couples.
The Big Bus Tours double-decker buses offer hop-on hop-off sightseeing tours in cities around the world, including Abu Dhabi, Budapest, Dubai, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, London, Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai, Vienna and Washington, D.C. How do you spot them among the litany of other double-deckers making their way through the world's top tourist destinations? Easy—look for the red double decker with a big yellow B splashed across the side cupping an iconic symbol of the city it's touring…in the case of Miami, a palm tree. When in Paris, look for the B with the Eiffel Tower, and in San Francisco, the Golden Gate Bridge.
During our journey through Miami and Miami Beach, we hopped on the bus in Coral Gables, one of the city's prettiest neighborhoods, and made our way through Little Havana, where the Cubans first settled at the onset of the Cuban revolution more than 50 years ago. The tour continues into Downtown Miami, with its glass skyscrapers, and right into the heart of Bayfront Park, where Bayside is home to Big Bus' Central Station. It's here where tour participants—if they've bought tickets for the Beach Loop—can transfer to the Beach bus that takes them directly to Miami Beach. Of course, if we were going to play tourists, we were definitely going to go full-throttle, so after a quick lunch at Bayside and a peek inside the Disney store (your clients will find plenty of shopping and dining opportunities at Bayside, an open-air shopping and dining mall that stretches along the city's stunning waterfront), we hopped on another bus and headed to Miami Beach. I was impressed by how far up Miami Beach the Beach Loop runs, up to the landmark Fontainebleau and Eden Roc hotels (around 41st street); I thought it would swing through South Beach and call it a day. That's a note to you, travel agents, that for clients staying mid-Beach, this is a great way to get to know the destination they are visiting and they'll be picked up and dropped off right by their hotel. After arriving back at Bayside—with tousled hair from riding on the open-top bus—we hopped off and got back on one of the City Loop tours for the trip back to Coral Gables. We jumped on the highway—sort of a thrill ride when you're on an open double-decker and you're high over the city—and drove through the heavily tree-lined Vizcaya Museum area to then go through Coconut Grove, with its historic landmarks including the first Black settlement in South Florida.
During the course of the tour, buses offer either audio or live commentary. So your clients will get snippets of interesting information about the destination along the way. The best part, however, is the breathtaking views of the city's attractions and neighborhoods, and of course, the fact that one can get off in a neighborhood that piques their interest and get back on when they've explored a bit. Buses run regularly, and our party didn't have to wait more than five to 10 minutes to get on the three buses we rode on.
Big Bus Tours offers:
• 24- or 48-hour tickets
• Hop-on, hop-off facility
• Two loops with more than 20 stops
• Centrally located pick up/drop off spots
• Sightseeing of the city's famous landmarks
• Entertaining commentary
• Commentary available in 12 languages
• Combo package deals that include a hop-on, hop-off tour with a top Miami attraction, such as a Biscayne Bay Tour; an Everglades Air Boat Tour; a Pirate Duck Tour; or Jungle Island.
Prices are: 48-hour Beach + City Loop ($49/adult; $39/child, 5-15); 24-hour Beach + City Loop ($39/adult; $29/child, 5-15).
Big Bus Tours offers agent commission. For more information on how you can work with the tour company, click here. For general information on Big Bus Tours, visit bigbustours.com.
Here's a snapshot of what we saw along the way:


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In the battle of wits that is our foreign policy struggle with Vladimir Putin's Kremlin, the Obama White House seems to have been unarmed. Time after time Russia has made the Obama administration look foolish, and after a recent propaganda interview with Bashar al-Assad, that feeling continues to grow.
Russia recently established a military base in Syria in an effort to help Syria's dictator Bashar al-Assad in his fight against the Muslim terrorists of ISIS and the Syrian Free Army (a group of rebels fighting both ISIS and the dictatorship to free Syria). Now, the Russian media is seeking to help Assad in another way as well — by making him seem as palatable (and innocent) as possible in the West.
Russian media station, Russia Today, recently interviewed the embattled Syrian dictator, who did his best to argue that he was fighting ISIS tooth and nail, and that he was not responsible for the flood of immigrants passing through Europe now. Assad told RT that the real villain of the European Refugee Crisis was the United States because the USA was at fault for creating ISIS and destabilizing the Middle East.
"It's not about that Europe didn't accept them or embrace them as refugees, it's about not dealing with the cause. If you are worried about them, stop supporting terrorists. That's what we think regarding the crisis. This is the core of the whole issue of refugees."
Trending: Guy Jailed for Helping People Fix Their Microsoft Computers
Amazing. Russia may actually succeed in using the Middle Eastern conflagration and the refugee crisis to drive a wedge between the United States and the other nations of the West. I'm not sure how many foreign policy disasters President Obama can create (or preside over), but if Russia succeeds now in turning Europe against us, this will very likely be the most devastating foreign policy blow for our nation in the last 150 years.
It's remarkable, but Russia may actually succeed in turning a vicious, violent, evil dictator into a sympathetic character! We need a new President, and we need one fast. If Obama makes any more mistakes (or maybe it's all on purpose), we might not be able to recover.
The views expressed in this opinion article are solely those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by EagleRising.com


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adidas and Real Madrid take over Melbourne.
23 Jul 2015
From ideation through to delivery TLA managed the event activation alongside Real Madrid's visit to Melbourne on behalf of adidas.
The concept involved converting a Docklands warehouse in to an urban indoor football pitch complete with grandstands, projections, food trucks and big screen. This was where the adidas 2×2 and ace tournament was held showcasing the best young talent Victoria had to offer competing to see who could produce the best tricks on pitch. Whilst this was occurring the full Real Madrid squad were being transported down the Yarra River to showcase Melbourne city at night time in a fully branded boat involving a DJ, lighting, catering and a spectacular lightshow.
The key moment of the event was the surprise appearance of the Real Madrid team to deliver the match ball for the final, leaving those in attendance in awe of the superstars of football. The players took over the final to become coaches and judges, providing the competing kids with a once in a lifetime experience.


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The Tarot of Eli: The Thoth Tarot- 4 of Cups-Luxury & the Night Sun Tarot-4 of Cups
Qabalistic Tarot Card Comparisons:
The Thoth Tarot 4 of Cups-Luxury & The Night Sun Tarot-4 of Cups, refers to the 4th Sephira Chesed in the suit of Water.
Here the Pure Water of the Supernal Triangle (the upper 3) has passed through the Abyss to Chesed (Mercy) and although ordered, balanced, or stabilized, it has lost the purity of its conception. You might say, that instead of pure energy in motion, it is now an emotional idea held in conceptional confinement. Understanding the importance of idea, may be helped by knowing that the word, idea, comes from the Greek-Eide-which means "the goddess within" and/or Imagination.
Being that the Moon is in the goddess's own house, the zodiacal sign of Cancer, one would think it was well placed. However, Cancer is so placed that this implies a certain weakness, an abandonment to desire, causing one to overly fantasize. Which reminds me of the statement made by the boxing champ Mike Tyson:" Everybody has a plan until they get hit".
On the Thoth Tarot card, the calm Sea of the 3 of cups is still present in the 4, but slightly ruffled, implying a disturbance is building, making the 4 Cups standing on it less stable. The Spirit of the Lotus, the Dryad, has gathered strength, growing multiple stems, supporting one Lotus Blossom, spewing forth water. The Four stems, are the number of manifestation of the Dryad, it is also secretly preparing catastrophe by emphasizing individuality.
The Night Sun Tarot- 4 of Cups-, handsomely illustrates this instability by showing the "Sacred Octagon" crowned Dryad, supporting 4 cups in a precarious position, while standing on one leg , on her toes. Here, by supporting each individual cup on its own platform, she is also secretly preparing a catastrophe.The balancing act is one that must be applauded, but being precarious, it can't be kept for long.
By understanding that the number 4 is an "awkward" number; alone among the natural numbers, as it is impossible to construct a "Magic Square" of four cells. Four being a "dead stop" number, a different idea of Order is necessary to carry on the series as the only motion now is towards decline. Thus, for now everything is seemingly luxurious in stability, but the Changing of the Moon, its waxing and waning, is such that this won't last, i.e., the "hit" is on its way.
In the Hermetic Qabalah and Tarot, the 4s represent solidification and manifestation accomplished by the union of the four worlds and are attributed to Chesed (mercy)-The Architect . The 4s are "below the Abyss" and express the Rule of Law (Laws of Physics etc.) which is represented by the Major Arcana Key 4- The Emperor.
It is done, and now it belongs to the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, which is enforced by the Emperor/Chesed. This law states: "All things proceed from order to disorder", this is often called the "law of entropy", showing the imbalance of the 4's, for as all energy forms must transform, entropy is the next step after solidification.
Hence, the 4 is a very solid number as it has dominating influence on all the cards, for it is the " Manifested Form of the thing", a type of oppression that will come undone.
Therefore, the 4 of Cups-Luxury, acts "watery", and thus less concise as there is a natural weakness in water (to take on the impurities of its environment) that threatens its purity; it is not quite strong enough to control itself properly and is therefore controlled by environmental circumstances. This makes Luxury a little unstable as the process of internal satisfaction has made it impure. The Luxury implied here is thus known to be fleeting as it slowly transforms into the 5.
Since the element-water represents emotion (Energy in Motion) and since energy is kept pure by constantly moving, the damning effort of the number 4, will fail. Change is the formula for motion. (Change=Stability). 4 is the number of restriction, as in "Four walls" etc, and as a cage, it shows a certain amount of stability, until the energy gets tired of confinement. We all know the weakness of putrefaction in stable water; it must keep moving to stay pure or become a stagnant swamp. We also know that whatever keeps out the "bogey man", becomes a prison and locks one in. So it behooves one to be very flexible in their enjoyment of luxury and accept changes with gratitude.
Therefore, the 4 of cups, being the Moon in Cancer, as shown on both cards, is the influence of Chessed (Mercy) in the unconscious mental realm. There is a certain self-satisfaction with this card as an emotional luxury that is often felt as pleasure flowing from an unconscious source.
The outpouring of emotional luxury from above, is not overflowing in the lower cups, symbolizing that this pleasure will soon end but for now, the feeling of you having everything you need in your life is luxuriant and you are not now open for suggestions. One is more or less, "resting on their laurels", as a cycle ends. Chokma or Hokma (Wisdom), the second Sephiroth on the Tree of Life, is really the energy of Chesed, Mercy, but as Chesed is below the Abyss, this makes Mercy unbalanced.
However, there is Promise here; a promise of mercy, healing, empathy, trans-personal love, forgiveness and taking away of soul burdens.
We may feel a soon fleeing-easy compassion and are forgiving of those who trespass against us. There is a luxuriant feeling that we all belong to each other: a larger sense of emotional-family than is normal. This is a hard one to hold in this realm of fear and coventness. For it is the pussilanimous invertebrates and witless sycophants, that make money their life; who value money as life, and see not the luxury of Life itself even though it is all around them and in them, in its luxuriant displays of creation.
When the 4 of Cups card is thrown during a reading, it represents:
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Attention: The Ryman St entrance to City Hall will be closed from Noon until close on Monday, October 19th. Please use the Spruce St. entrance if you need to come to court during these hours. Thank you.
Court Introduction
Missoula Municipal Court has jurisdiction of all misdemeanors and Missoula City Ordinance violations alleged to have occurred within Missoula city limits. Missoula Municipal Court has the largest volume of cases in the State of Montana, processing over 18,300 charges a year.
The Court is presided over by Missoula Municipal Judge Kathleen Jenks and Assistant Judges Sam Warren and Ethan Lerman.
Covid-19 Update – July 2nd, 2020
General Information – Subject to change
The Municipal Court is open to the public. Be aware you may experience delays and decreased services.
The court continues to offer services via telephone and video/teleconferencing means. Please call the court at 552-6180 if you do not understand how to proceed after reviewing the information provided below.
The number of persons allowed into our offices and courtrooms are limited by current social distancing practices to best protect the public and staff.
Wear a mask/facial covering both when entering City Hall and the court.
Do not enter City Hall if you are experiencing any signs of the COVID-19 illness.
Enter City Hall via the entrance on 435 Ryman St. The court is allowing one person at a time in the foyer, so please be prepared to stand or have a seat in the hallway.
A Court Clerk will determine what court business can be handled at the counter, via telephone, or if persons need to go before a Judge. If you wish to go before a Judge, please inform the clerk.
Please be prepared to provide the court a correct phone number, email address and mailing address when planning to attend any hearing in court.
The Municipal Court is following our standard courtroom scheduling, to include arraignment times.
Open court is now held on Mondays from 8:30am – 11:30am, Wednesdays from 1:00pm – 4:00pm and Fridays from 8:30am – 11:30am then resuming from 1:00pm – 4:00pm.
The court is allowing telephonic appearances. Please note that this does not apply to individuals with active WARRANTS. If you have had a warrant issued by the Court and are unable to resolve the matter with the Settlement Master, you are required to personally appear before a Judge to have the warrant quashed. You may also file a Motion requesting a telephonic appearance. If you file this type of Motion, a court clerk will inform you of the Judge's Order after review of the Motion.
Please call (406) 552-6180 for information on how to appear for court and/or how to address an active warrant.
If you need to appear on a new traffic citation, you may be able to resolve your citation by going to CITEPAY (citepayusa.com) and paying your fine in full. All citations handled via CITEPAY will receive a 6 month deferred imposition of sentence. A deferred imposition of sentence means that in 6 months, if you have not had any other tickets and fines/fees are paid in full, you must call the Municipal Court Clerks and request the points be removed from your Montana driving record. The removal is not automatic; you must call the court after 6 months.
Telephonic Appearances with the Traffic Bureau Settlement Master are encouraged to limit courtroom traffic
Defendants wishing to plead not guilty or discuss their case (on an Initial Appearance) with a judge may, for many routine traffic offenses, see the Settlement Master instead.
Please call the Settlement Master at (406) 552-6217 to make arrangements to address your case via telephone.
The only hearings the court is now continuing are court-ordered Continuances in response to a Motion to Continue.
Contested Hearings will NOT be held telephonically and parties will need to be personally present at the scheduled time.
If you have a scheduled hearing and/or are represented by an attorney, please contact your counsel regarding options for attending your hearing.
If you are representing yourself and have an upcoming scheduled hearing, you may contact the court to arrange an electronic or telephonic appearance.
Joining Meetings
The Court will set a meeting for each specific hearing-type calendared time block. You will receive a meeting invite from one of the following email accounts, depending in which courtroom your hearing is being held:
email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com
The invite is the same for joining telephonically or via Skype. The email will give the option to join both ways, and will look like this
Join by Phone: (406) 552-6799 (Missoula)
Conference ID: 610705
To Join via Skype for Business:
Open Skype for Business
Click the Blue "Join Online Meeting" link.
Skype for Business will open a new window, click OK
*Skype for Business will NOT work if*
You have remoted into your work computer from another location
Other reasons related to your own technology set up, apps, and internet connectivity.
To Join Telephonically:
Call the phone number provided in the invite
You will be prompted to enter the Conference ID provided in the invitation
Follow any additional prompts
You will only receive an invite if you have a scheduled hearing within that specific hearing-type calendared time block.
If you do not receive an invite when you believe you should have please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Once you have joined the meeting:
Please mute your device until your case is called by the Judge
Please be prepared to be on hold for extended time periods during these remote hearings. These wait times are necessary due to the high volume of cases being held via remote hearings.
The Court will initiate the phone calls to connect with Defendants for each hearing.
Attorneys: Please be prepared to provide the court all client contact information, in one email, prior to the scheduled hearings
If you have any questions related to hearing settings and/or invites, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com
Go online to: https://www.citepayusa.com.
You will need your citation number or case/cause number and your date of birth.
Mail payment to: Missoula Municipal Court at 435 Ryman St., Missoula, MT 59802.
Please include your name and date of birth and, if known, case/cause number.
Drop payment off at: Missoula Municipal Court drop box located to the left of the main doors of the Court.
There are envelopes provided for the drop box.
Please include your name and date of birth and, if known, case/cause number.
The court will accept cash and will mail you a receipt, if requested.
Judge Kathleen Jenks
Judge Jenks earned her Law Degree from the University of Montana in 1992. She was a prosecutor in Chinook and Havre, Montana and a criminal defense attorney in Libby, Superior and Missoula, Montana. She worked in the Montana Attorney General's office from 2001 to 2010 prosecuting felony cases and managing the Attorney General's Child Protection Unit. The Judge has served Missoula Municipal Court since November 2011.
Important News Regarding House Bill 217
Effective immediately, any defendant whose Driver's License is suspended by Missoula Municipal Court for failure to pay fines, fees or restitution may petition the court to have their privilege to drive reinstated with no fee owing to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Please use the form linked here:


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Examples of a Market Segmentation Profile
Small businesses can gain a competitive edge by focusing their marketing efforts on specific segments of the market instead of trying to appeal to everyone. Market segmentation involves using market research to identify the business's ideal target market and customer. Segmentation can be used to develop several different types of customer profiles.
Geographic Profiles
Customers can be segmented based on their geographic location. For a small business such as a pizza shop, for example, its target market may be all residents within a five-mile radius of the shop's location. The shop owner can target this market by placing door hangers containing a special offer on all homes and businesses within this radius or by mailing coupons to all homes within specific zip codes.
Demographic Profiles
Demographics are personal characteristics used to categorize consumers. Demographics include characteristics such as age, gender, income level and marital status. Through market research, the company may identify its ideal customer as a married, college-educated female aged 30 to 35 with an annual income level of $35,000 to $45,000. This information helps the business owner develop a marketing strategy that appeals to individuals with this demographic profile. For example, an owner of a women's clothing store might attempt to reach this market by developing an ad campaign to promote a new line of business attire.
Psychographic Profiles
Psychographic profiling attempts to segment the market based on traits such as personality and lifestyle. Marketers may use these traits when developing a targeted advertising or promotional campaign. A purveyor of expensive jewelry items can use psychographic profiling to market to individuals who have purchased similar items in the past or other luxury products like expensive cars or clothing. For instance, they can create an ad for placement in a magazine that appeals to an upscale market.
Behavioral Profiles
Behavioral profiling analyzes characteristics such as desired product benefits, price sensitivity and brand loyalty. Behavioral profiling is useful for determining buying patterns and what changes may affect these patterns. For instance, if a restaurateur determines that customer loyalty is high, it may mean customers are more willing to tolerate menu price increases. Behavioral profiling can also tell a company how many of their customers are first-time buyers as opposed to repeat customers. If repeat purchases are low, the company may need to focus on improving quality or building brand loyalty. A bakery owner can improve quality be selecting better ingredients and encourage repeat visits by attaching coupons to customer receipts.
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I don't know about you, but I love surprises. There's something really exciting about receiving a box of unknown goodies in the mail and opening it up to see what you got! But, you know what's even better than surprises? Surprises AND cash. With the Danklo Box, that's exactly what you get! Read on to see what I received and learn how you can win your very own Danklo Box (and up to $1,000)!
For starters, let me tell you a bit about Danklo. They launched in July of 2014 and unlike most subscription services, they offer different levels of membership depending on how many goodies you'd like to receive. Here's a look at the different levels and their prices.
The folks at Danklo were kind enough to send me a DankloPrime box to review and they're giving away a Danklo box to one lucky reader! See the end of the post for details on how you can win.
But first, let's take a look at what I got…
Cash – Six Dollars
I'm not gonna lie, I was really crossing my fingers for a big fad wad of cash to come in the mail right around the holidays. Especially since we just got back from a big trip up the east coast to visit family. But hey, six bucks is six bucks. I'm definitely not complaining about free money. 🙂
While this may seem pretty anticlimactic, this is actually kind of the perfect thing to put into a wacky little subscription box like this. I sort of feel like Danklo is all about sending you things that are useful, but that you probably wouldn't buy for yourself (or, if you're like me, that you always forget to buy).
Wine Aerator
It's like they know me! This is definitely my favorite item in the box. I love me a good glass of wine (or three), so this will get plenty of use in my house!
Kinetic Sand
This stuff is so crazy! It's like regular sand, but it sticks together so you can make all kinds of crazy shapes with it or just play around with it in your hands. I had a bit of fun with this to test it out and then I passed it along to my niece. I think stuff like this is really great for kids!
I don't really know when I'll use this, but I always like to have little things like this around in the car or wherever. You never know when you might need a little flashlight! Good thing I don't have to go out and buy batteries for it. 😉
So, this box would have cost $13.99 and right off the bat, I would have gotten $6 back, putting the price down to $7.99. While the goodies in the Danklo box are a surprise, you just have to think of it as playing the lottery! You'll get at least $1 in your box or as much as $1,000, plus a few useful goodies.
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Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network – Safe Streets Healthy Kids 2012
Tobacco kills you.
Okay, that may not be news to you, but it's still a major problem threatening youth, teens, and adults. Even though tobacco use continues to decline, the number of tobacco related deaths tops 443,000 every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. That means tobacco causes one in every five deaths.
At the Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network, employees and teen volunteers work to get the anti-tobacco message to young people. Michael Campbell is the organization's project manager.
"It's a big problem in the African American community. Part of the problem is the availability of the tobacco products to the youth," Campbell said.
To combat underage sales — especially of the non-traditional products seen above — WAATPN organizes undercover stings on businesses, teaming up with youth volunteers and law enforcement. The network sends minors into gas stations and convenience stores to see if the retailers will break the law, selling tobacco products to kids. If they do, police follow-up and issue tickets.
High school senior Angellic Ross volunteers her time to stamp out tobacco.
"Tobacco is not okay, it kills a lot of people," Ross said. "The message we're trying to get to companies is that they shouldn't be selling tobacco to youth. If you sell to people under 18 you will get fined."
Ross not only keeps healthy by avoiding tobacco, but she also benefits from her volunteer work. This fall she will begin her college career at Northwestern University — on a full scholarship. Ross says volunteerism, as well as her pristine GPA, gave her a big leg-up when applying to college.
WAATPN offers services to current smokers, as well. And they're not out to get you. Campbell says his mission is to reveal the facts and let people decide for themselves.
If you're struggling with nicotine addiction, call the Wisconsin Quit Line at 1-800-QUIT-NOW. You can learn more on the WAATPN Facebook page, as well.
Check out the audio version of this story below.