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Three key words, Reduce, Reuse, and most importantly, Recycle, define our daily lives in the 21st Century. Recycle bins are ubiquitous in homes, offices, and manufacturing facilities. It is also important to Funeral/Cremation businesses. Yet prior to 2008, very few crematories were recycling the metallic byproducts of the cremation process. Those byproducts include, prosthetics, casket remnants, and dental implants. Today, nine years later, almost all our 3,000 crematories are actively recycling.
At the forefront of 21st Century cremation recycling, is the company, Implant Recycling. Hailing from the rust-belt Midwest, are two fourth generation metal recyclers, owner Brad Wasserman and sales representative Kenneth Allan, and veteran cremation equipment and service expert Vice President Guy Esposito. Wasserman explained the various stages in the evolution of cremation recycling. At the beginning, crematories had questions about recycling. Was it legal? How would client's families react and how do you broach the subject to the next of kin? Would there be a negative view of the crematories in their communities, thinking them ghoulish and opportunistic? Wasserman as a trained psychologist was particularly sensitive to the feelings of the deceased's family members. As such, he developed programs that were congruent with the emotional needs of families and the values, laws, and regulations of the death care industry.
By 2012, four years after the creation of Implant Recycling, the company was servicing almost 1500 crematories in North America. During that time, the next evolutionary stage was beginning. No longer was there debate about whether to recycle or send the metals to landfills. Now the question was, should the crematory accept monetary compensation for the recycling time and effort, or should any accrued funds from recycling be donated to charities? All the major funeral/cremation associations, came out with position papers in favor of cremation recycling. They recommended strong and clear disclosure to the families of the deceased, and suggested that any accrued funds from the recycling, be donated to a favored charity of the next of kin or crematory ownership.
Despite, conservative and client sensitive guidance of the professional associations and their respective legal advisers, gold melt, sample, and assay shops marketing themselves as "refineries", started popping up all over the place. With the boom in the gold market depleting scrap jewelry available for purchase, melt shops desperately marketed their services to crematories with wads of cash in their hands to purchase the gold remnants. It brought awareness of the value of recycling to crematories, some confusion, and lots of annoying contacts with these "refineries."
From this, the current stage has arrived where most crematories want to receive the highest return for the remnant metals. The dilemma today is, should crematories deal with these fly-by-night "refineries", or do they seek a solution from a modern 21st Century company like Implant Recycling? A company that returns competitive compensation, and improves the experience of crematory owners and operators, and more importantly deals with grieving clients with care and sensitivity?
Implant Recycling has introduced an exciting program called "Maximizer" that totally redefines recycling in crematories. What is Maximizer? The Maximizer program empowers crematories to capture and recycle the greatest amount of metal while positively impacting owners/shareholders/crematory operators/funeral homes and the families they serve. To achieve this goal, Implant Recycling provides crematories free state of the art processing equipment, training, and ongoing support. Participants in the Maximizer program receive more in return than any recycling program to date.
Here are the benefits and some testimonials from some Implant Recycling customers:
1. Free Machinery and Associated Tools:
• Cost savings to owner. Machines such as the B&L 499 and the Facultatieve High Speed Cremulator range from $9,500.00 USD to $42,000.00 USD.
• Eliminate risk associated with equipment purchase. If you are unhappy with the equipment, we take it back at no consequence to the crematory.
• Provide upgraded/additional equipment as your business grows.
"Consistent performance, Removes the time my cremationist had to search for items that would damage our previous machine, and the dust fan has really cut down the general dust in the area. It is amazing, and I never would have ever searched for something different because I didn't know that there was something less painful – but more importantly it never would have happened unless the machine was part of the deal. It is hard enough to buy new service vehicles, to buy a new machine that most commonly like an oversized blender is usually out of the question. Now I would never change." -Eli Strommer
"The free cremated remains processing equipment received by Implant Recycling has definitely increased our recoverable recyclables which has intern increased our financial donations. This equipment has operated exactly as promised and has had no breakdowns. This equipment not only provides a perfectly processed finished product, is 85% more efficient than the standard magnet and processing pot but also reduces air pollution dust and noise. Out of all the manufactures/suppliers I do business with regarding our crematorium, Implant Recycling and Facultative provide the best customer service I have encountered. I pride myself in having state-of-the-art equipment and surrounding myself with the best in the industry. I without any hesitation consider Implant Recycling and their staff in that class." – Renee Taylor, Maple Ridge, B.C.
2. Free Training, Consulting and Continuing Support:
• All Implant Recycling employees are required to complete Operator Certification Training.
"McInnis and Holloway has been very pleased to partner with Implant Recycling for over 8 years, we continue to be impressed with the personal service and understanding of our profession and our crematorium operators and company needs." – Jeff Hagel, Calgary, AB
"Guy Esposito himself showed up to install our machine and train my staff on how to properly operate it, and will call to check on us and make sure that we have everything we need to ensure proper operation of our processing unit." – Erwin Phelps, Portland, OR
3. Free Maintenance, Repair and/or Replacement, Fast Turn Around Time:
• Costs associated with ownership are eliminated.
• Full lifetime repair/replacement far exceeds manufacturer's warranty.
"Having zero maintenance costs associated with the processing unit reduces overhead costs and improves our bottom line." -Jeff Musgrove, Eugene, OR
4. Guaranteed Payment:
• Monthly payments can be predetermined based on a per case formula.
• No more bait and switch.
• Eliminates selling of metals.
• Lawful program for all 50 states.
• Crematories now can disclose to their families the exact amount of compensation they receive for their recycling efforts.
• Crematories can now offer families the opportunity to donate funds to their preferred charity.
"We have a fairly consistent schedule of cremations and a regular pickup time for the recyclable material. Changing from our last company to this one I never knew how much our charities were getting ripped off, how much they were missing out. Thousands."- Eli Stromer
5. Uniform Consistency of Remains, Free of Contaminants:
• All remains will consistently be 1/8" diameter or less.
• 99% free of metal contaminants.
• Families receive back remains as imagined.
• Enables family to scatter remains without the trauma of witnessing larger bone fragments and/or metals during release.
• Reduces legal liability – appearance of comingling.
"Slightly bigger than sand but just as evenly consistent. No missed staples or rivets, just a fine return of processed remains. It is really quite beautiful and simple compared to running the old processor 2 or 3 or 4 times depending on the age of the blades and volume of remains collected." – Eli Stromer
6. Improved Processing Time:
• Reduces the need to remove smaller metal fragments.
• Automatic or easier methods of transferring remains to urn.
"5 minutes for a novice, for the whole processing and placing the remains in an urn time. The machine itself only runs for 2 minutes… 2 MINUTES! Removes the metals and everything else is a fine granule." – Eli Stromer
"There is no way I could handle the business growth we have had without it." – Steven Palmateer, Holland, MI
7. Improved Air Quality and Aesthetics:
• Operator exposure to dust greatly minimized.
• Improves experience for witnessing families.
• Enhances the appearance of compliance.
• Improved aesthetics enhances the experience for employees and families.
• Improved environment enables crematory to stand out to potential funeral home customers.
"Our new processing unit has improved the air quality in our crematory and throughout our building. We also know that this improved air quality has added to the safety of our crematory operator." – Rick Wiseman, Lenexa, KS
"Once our funeral home clients saw that we were exceeding expectations in new and better technology and equipment, other funeral homes started to see us in a new light. Growth happened." – Steven Palmateer, Holland, MI
"Number 7 is another big one, I am a clean freak and the processor has made it so much easier to keep the crematory clean and the crematory staff safer." – Angie Berwald
Cleveland, Ohio
8. Reduction of Noise:
• Enhances crematory environment for the operator.
• Reduces traumatic experience for witnessing families.
"The new machine is so quiet; you won't notice when its processing. Our old processor was so loud we could not run it during a service." – Sandra Davis, Lake Elsinore, CA
9. Premier Value Add Recycling Program:
• 80% of crematories receive more compensation than previous returns.
• More desirable to your customer, whether family or funeral home client.
• Significant reduction in legal liability and all associated costs.
10. More Recycling:
"Guy, the reason I decided to stay with Implant Recycling is because of you. Call it #11 on your list. I feel you genuinely believe in what we are doing and how we're doing it. I'm a relationship kind of guy and want to do business with people I trust. With that said all 10 points you listed are of value to me and I was most excited about the new processing machine, which has been a great asset to our crematory operation. It has made 'Processing' easier for my co-workers and in turn provided a much more consistent end result in the cremated remains for the families that have trusted us to facilitate this process. Thank you the partnership." – James (Jimmy) N. Lucas, Jr, Fort Worth, TX
In summary, the staff at Implant Recycling have brought state-of-the-art machinery, customer service, and sensitivity towards their customer's clients. It has taken them to the very top of the crematory recycling business. Having invested over 1 million dollars in crematories over the past 9 months, Implant Recycling has demonstrated it's commitment to the cremation industry not only in terms of invested capital, time, and effort, but shared liability. As Wasserman has pointed out, Implant Recycling has skin in the game. FBA


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- Assistant Professor, Humanities
- Slides on Medieval Transition and Early Renaissance
- World Religion 19th and 20th centuries cont.
- World Religions 19th and 20th centuries
- Sikhism by National Geographic
- Sikh Resources
- Intro. to Sikhism by Oxford University
- Intro. to Sufism by OWN
- How Rumi's Teachings Saved Karen
- Slides on High Middle Ages
- Protestant Church Resources
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Tag Archives: Greek
Slides on Hellenism
Please see the slides on Hellenism for our in class discussions.
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Slides on Classical Greece
Please consider the Classical Greek era in Classical Greece for our discussion together.
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Slides on Early Greece
HUM 4 students may benefit from the following slides Early Greece. Bull Leaping fresco from the Palace at Knossos, Crete
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Thanks to the open sourced brilliance of Internet Archive we have a rich compendium of articles about the Greek and Roman Mythology. We will use this together as we discuss Greek and Roman mythology.
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William Henry Armfield was one of 10 children born to John Armfield and Eliza Wright in Mittagong NSW.
At the time of his enlistment age 21 William was working in Eumundi for Patrick Donnelly a major builder of the area and William was engaged to Patrick's daughter Cicely.
On 19 September 1916 William Armfield embarked from Brisbane on the HMAT A49 Seang Choon arriving in England 9 December.
William's first experience of combat occurred 18 months after he signed up, in the Western Front trenches of Westhoek Ridge in September 1917.
On 5 April 1918 Private Allen was killed in action in France with no known grave he is remembered for his service at the Villers-Bretonneoux Memorial France and with a memorial tree in Eumundi Queensland.
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Student council at St Louis set to prove worth
St Louis Student Council are proving themselves to be an enthusiastic and committed group of girls.
Ably led by Head Girl Chloe Twibill and Deputy Head Girl Gillian Browne, they hope to channel their energies into a wide range of tasks.
They intend to make this a memorable year, with Chloe adding that she is "really looking forward to this wonderful opportunity to represent the school".
As there has always been a very strong tradition of fundraising, the council hope to continue this legacy, involving themselves in the local community. Their main aim however will be focused on mental health awareness and to this end, they plan to reinforce positivity among the student body with guest speakers and a variety of fun activities.
Their motto for the year is "leading the way" and that is exactly what they hope to do, showcasing and honing their leadership skills while being the voice of their peers.
These girls acknowledge that they are in a privileged position and they want to champion the St. Louis ethos to the absolute best of their ability.
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Overwhelmed by a wave of refugees and what they call indecision in the European Union, Austria and its southern neighbours along the Balkan migrant route agreed Wednesday to tighter border controls - and warned that sooner or later they will have to shut their doors entirely.
Playing off warnings that the restrictions will lead to disastrous accumulations of refugees on borders along the route, Austrian interior minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner called for "a chain reaction of reason".
"We need measures that lead to a domino effect. We must reduce the flow of migrants now," she said. "Because the refugee question can become a question of survival for the European Union."
Interior and foreign ministers from EU members Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Bulgaria, as well as Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia met Wednesday in Vienna and issued a declaration that struck the same tone.
It cited "limited resources and reception capacities, potential consequences for internal security and social cohesion as well as challenges with regard to integration".
"It is not possible to process unlimited numbers of migrants and applicants for asylum," it said, suggesting that a full stop in the future was inevitable.
Greece, the first point of landing for most of the migrants arriving by boat from Turkey, was not invited to the meeting and responded angrily by threatening to block decisions at a forthcoming EU migration summit if sharing of the refugee burden is not made obligatory for member states.
Prime minister Alexis Tsipras said that from now on Greece "will not assent to agreements" unless all its partners in the EU are forced to participate proportionately in the relocation and resettlement of refugees.
A senior government official said that Mr Tsipras was specifically referring to the March 7 summit on immigration.
Mr Tsipras lashed out at EU member states that "not only erect fences on their borders but at the same time do not accept to take in a single refugee".
Austria has recently capped the number of asylum-seekers it will accept daily at its borders to 80, and limited the number of refugees it will let pass through the country.
That has led to more border restrictions being introduced further south, hurting countries along the route, including Greece, which has seen 102,000 migrants reach its shores so far this year.
In central Athens, several hundred Afghan migrants, who have been barred from crossing the border into Macedonia, camped out in an inner city square, lying on blankets or pieces of cardboard.
"I got here yesterday, but we haven't tried to go to the border," said Aman Golestani, a 22-year-old psychology student. "I don't know what I'll do now. We just hope the border will open."
Golestani, wearing a tracksuit top of the German football club Bayern Munich, said he was afraid to return home. "The Taliban are killing people like us, young people who are trying to get an education."


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Despite high levels of connectivity, brands face a struggle to connect with Malaysians via online channels, according to Kantar TNS's latest "Connected Life" research.
The findings show that while Malaysians spend 7.2 hours online every day, the opportunity for brands to engage with them there is under threat, as consumers are mistrusting of online content and are sceptical of brand motivations.
The research revealed that sceptical Malaysians do not trust the content they are consuming online, as just 17% of connected consumers consider social media content to be reliable. This contrasts markedly with other Southeast Asian countries such as the Philippines and Indonesia, where 59% and 61% respectively trust social media content. Almost one in three (31%) also have concerns about how much control the social media networks have over the content that they see on their feeds.
"Malaysians spend a large proportion of their day online. We're constantly connected to the internet thanks to our mobile devices and ever-improving data costs and speeds," MC Lai, managing director of Malaysia at Kantar TNS, said.
More importantly, marketers need to realise that Malaysians are not easy targets in this digital world. In comparison to other less developed countries in the region, Lai said:
Malaysian consumers are more mistrusting of what they see online, and are more uncomfortable with brands collecting their personal data.
Therefore, he added, brands need to step up the game and demonstrate the value they can bring to Malaysian consumers' lives if they want to earn their trust and ensure that they are able to use these channels for meaningful brand conversations.
Trust in brands
The study also showed that trust in brands varies significantly between markets. In Malaysia, consumers are moderately cynical, with only 41% of the connected consumer population trusting global brands. This trust level falls significantly in other markets such as Australia (19%), however in emerging markets such as Vietnam, 54% of consumers remain trusting of these brands.
Circling back to personal data issues, the findings show that despite the benefits that can be delivered through sharing data, Malaysians are cautious of how much of their personal data they share online. About 38% of consumers in Malaysia object to connected devices monitoring their activities even if it makes their lives easier, compared to 15% in Indonesia. Over half (51%) of Malaysians have concerns about the amount of personal data that brands have on them, compared to 33% across the region. Malaysians are also found to become increasingly aware of the price they are paying for their connected lifestyles, and many feel on the losing end of an unfair exchange.
Trust is fragile, Michael Nicholas, global lead of connected solutions at Kantar TNS, said. Nicholas added, while brands in for emerging countries see higher levels of consumer trust today than those in developed ones, they should not take it for granted.
"To build and protect trust, brands need to put the customer first. That means understanding their motivations, understanding the right moments to engage with them, respecting their time as valuable, and being more transparent about how and when they collect and use their personal data. Above all, that means putting the customer first - something that many marketers have forgotten to do," he added.


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Clergy Tax Tips: Keeping a Vehicle Mileage Log
As mentioned in a previous blog post in regards to pastors claiming their car payments as tax deductions, a pastor must choose what vehicle deduction they prefer: a vehicle deduction using standard mileage rate or the business use percentage of actual costs. Therefore, when it comes to vehicle deductions, pastors are encouraged to keep a mileage log for business use that includes total miles.
Current tax law requires proper record-keeping when it comes to deducting business use of your vehicle and if a pastor chooses vehicle deductions based off of standard mileage, consistent logging of mileage will save them time… Continue reading
Clergy Tax Services: The In's and Out's of Medical Insurance for Pastors
Medical insurance is an important topic for everyone, this includes those in the ministry as well. It has been cited as a major factor in most family's financial health and pastors and clergymen are no exception to this. When it comes to clergy finances, medical insurance plays a big role. Fortunately, for pastors there are a number of alternatives available that allow pastors and their families to have affordable and quality medical coverage.
Here are a few options when it comes to medical insurance for pastors.
Group Coverage
Group coverage plans are often available for multi-staff and denominational churches and… Continue reading
Determining Housing Allowance on Minister Taxes
There are a number of tax exemptions that ministers can benefit from as long as ministers are aware of these exemptions. One of the most common is a tax exempt housing allowance. All expenses for housing which includes furniture and maintenance can be deducted legally. Here is how to determine if you are eligible and how to go about it.
Determine Eligibility
A minister is defined by the IRS as a person who is "duly ordained, commissioned, or licensed minister of a church." Religious employees that don't have these credentials are not eligible for the housing allowance.
Once… Continue reading
Claiming Car Payments on Pastors Taxes
When it comes to deductions on taxes, the list can be long and varied depending on your occupation. This is especially true when it comes to pastors taxes. Items such as medical expenses, mortgage interest and travel expenses usually top the list. However, car payments are another standard deduction that should be kept in mind when preparing clergy tax forms.
Business use of a vehicle is a deductible expense that can be claimed on a tax return for pastors. Members of clergy that use a vehicle for both business and personal use can deduct the cost associated with business… Continue reading
Tax Preparation for Missionaries
Serving God and spreading the Good News often requires going outside of your comfort zone and even overseas in order to spread the Word. If God is leading you to teach the masses as a missionary, it's necessary to consider everything that being a missionary entails which also includes proper tax preparation.
According to IRS Tax services, missionaries fall under the definition of ministers. Ministers and missionaries both are people that are considered ordained by a licensed religious group to conduct religious worship, administer ordinances and follow a church's prescribed system of beliefs. Therefore a missionary is responsible for filling… Continue reading
Pulpit Freedom Sunday Questions Clergy Tax Laws
According to an October 2 Huffington Post blog, nearly 1000 pastors from around the country will have taken on the IRS on Sunday, October 7 by participating in "Pulpit Freedom Sunday". One of the major aspects of clergy tax code is the fact that churches are considered tax-exempt. However, pastors across the country believe that their voices are being silenced politically due to that status.
Currently under the Johnson Amendment, tax-exempt organizations, which include churches, are not allowed to endorse any candidate running for elective public office. Therefore, the questions behind the creation of "Pulpit Free Sunday" is whether or… Continue reading
Clergy Tax: Deductions for Pastors
In many cases clergymen are considered both an employee of the congregation as long as they are paid by a salary from the church. They may also be considered self-employed if additional tasks are performed that are outside the regular duties outlined by the salary agreement.
When it comes to clergy tax, if a pastor chooses to itemize deductions, there are certain deductions that they are entitled to including:
Work Expenses
A number of expenses can be incurred when performing the duties of a pastor. To properly itemize these deductions an IRS form 1040, Schedule A needs to be submitted.… Continue reading


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I attended the Pups and Pinot fundraiser in Huntington Beach to benefit A Leg Up Rescue and Dahla was one of the pups up for adoption. They set up a little fenced in area where people could check out the dogs. Dahla looked up at me with these eyes — it took some will power not to take her home with me. More pictures from that event here http://tinyurl.com/pupsandpinot
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What a cutie! I doubt she will have a hard time finding a home! Thanks for this.
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Does the gaming community have to pay to win?
Cody Davis,
December 8, 2017
With its official release, many people in the gaming community are already complaining about Electronic Arts (EA) pay-to-win tactics established in the game "Star Wars Battlefront II". "Star Wars Battlefront II" is a multiplayer, first-person shooter that takes you further into the Star Wars...
Xbox One X the "World's Most Powerful Console" finally released
Shoib Ahmadzai,
November 9, 2017
Microsoft finally released its latest and most powerful iteration of its Xbox One gaming console, the Xbox One X, on Nov. 7. Microsoft claims it's a "true 4K gaming" machine and "the world's most powerful console." Initially teased under the name "Project Scorpio," at Microsoft's conference...
Trump Tracker: Pioneer updates on America's president
Louis LaVenture,
March 29, 2017
What Happened? President Donald J. Trump announced on Monday his senior adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, would head a new department named The White House Office of American Innovation. The White House Office of American Innovation Trump unveiled his plan for the new department on Monday that will...
CSUEB gives Microsoft Office to students
Bryan Cordova,
Metro and Spanish Editor
December 8, 2014
California State University, East Bay sent an email out earlier today announcing the university's license agreement with Microsoft allows students to receive Office 365 for free. Students can check their horizon emails for the link and guide to set up their 365 accounts and download the Office Suite. Qualifying...


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Four-time and defending Rally America National Champion Travis Pastrana will compete on Missouri's high-speed back roads this weekend at the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood. The Subaru Rally Team USA driver, who leads the Rally America National Championship after a dominating win at the first round last month, will pilot a BFGoodrich Tires-shod 2010 Subaru Impreza WRX STI with co-driver Christian Edstrom. Pastrana's Subaru teammate Dave Mirra, the BMX legend turned rally pro, will drive an identically-prepared Subaru in the event and will have veteran co-driver and former national champion Martin Headland sitting in the navigator's seat .
Named after the storybook home of Winnie the Pooh, the 100 Acre Wood Rally is set in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri. Based in and around the town of Salem, the 100 Acre Wood Rally features very high-speeds on smooth and flowing gravel roads that are a favorite of many rally drivers. However, in recent years the weather has unleashed freezing rain, sleet or snow in the days leading up to and during the event turning the roads treacherously icy. Weather reports for this weekend's event currently indicate clear and seasonably cool conditions.
"Subaru has won the 100 Acre Wood Rally four years in a row so we know we have the right car and the right setup," explained Pastrana. "Our goal here is to win and extend our championship lead. I think if the weather holds out this will be one of the fastest, most tightly contested events of the year." Pastrana leads the six-round 2010 Rally America National Championship after a win last month at round one, the Sno*Drift Rally in northern Michigan.
Subaru driver Dave Mirra will have veteran co-driver Martin Headland alongside at the 100 Acre Wood Rally in place of co-driver Derek Ringer, with whom he worked with in 2008 and 2009. Headland, a former two-time Canadian Rally Champion has 35 years of co-driving experience and has entered over 150 performance rallies. Headland was a long time co-driver of one of Mirra's key rally tutors, driving instructor Tim O'Neil. "The roads in Missouri are very fast and I drove really well there last year, but I was in a lower specification Super Production class Subaru STI at the time," said Mirra. "This year I will have more power and even better handling with Subaru Rally Team USA's Open Class car and am looking forward to adapting to the new car this season ."
The rally action kicks off at approximately 4pm CST local time this Friday, February 26th, and continues through Saturday, February 27th. For daily event photos and news updates visit www.rally.subaru.com or follow the team at www.twitter.com/srtusa. Results and other event news can be found at www.rally-america.com.
Subaru Rally Team USA is proudly supported by Subaru of America, Inc., Subaru Tecnica International (STI), Subaru Performance Tuning (SPT), DC Shoes, BFGoodrich Tires, RECARO, Vision X, Alpinestars, Motul, GReddy, Exedy, VP Fuels and Vermont SportsCar. For more information on Subaru Rally Team USA, as well as exclusive photo and video galleries visit rally.subaru.com and for the latest news follow the team on Twitter: twitter.com/srtusa.
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The site boldsky (boldsky.com) ranked Greece as one of the most romantic destinations in the world, due to the favorable summer climate, large number of islands, variety in island activities, and its scenic and architectural wonders.
This is what they had to say about Greece:
"The Greek civilisation did not spring up from the earth suddenly without love. Greece is supposed to be one the most romantic destinations in the world because of its scenic and architectural wonders. The river valley of Paxi or the mountain city of Sartorni, along with Greek delicacies, is surely worthy of your love".
Other top romantic destinations included France, the home of so many expatriate poets and artists, a city where love flows through its veins like blood, the Netherlands, which are known for celebrating 'freedom' of love with surprising permissibility, Scandinavia, a favorite for Scandinavians and Italy, in which exist the quite charm of Milanese museums and the romantic gondolas in Venice.


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Based in Greenwich, CT, Linda Ruderman, president and owner of LRI, Inc. (Linda Ruderman Interiors) has been creating interior designs for residential and commercial properties for over 30 years. We were lucky enough to speak with Linda about her path to interior design, projects in her portfolio, and how STARK fits into the mix.
After learning about Linda's background, a future in design seems an obvious path. Her father and grandfather were in the textile industry, so she grew up around fabrics. When she was five years old, she already knew what cashmere was, and the difference between cotton and linen. Her mother was a seamstress, and people thought Linda might go down the same path since she loved to make her own clothes. But in high school, she started her own wallpaper business with a friend, made mugs for the school store in pottery class, and even crafted sculptures in metal shop – one art piece she made still hangs in her high school to this day!
Later in life – after briefly taking nursing courses and then working for United Airlines – she was finally able to pursue her true love of design. Linda bolstered her education during this period by traveling with a number of incredible study tours through Europe. Her understanding of classic interiors was shaped by these trips, including touring the Loire Valley in France and the beautiful castles of the English countryside.
Back in the United States, she took classes at Cooper Hewitt, studied the history of antiques at the Met, and began to embrace her interior design career.
She started her career by growing her skills working with an architect. An amazing mentor whom she says she was able to learn a great deal from; this early training in the mechanics of design has also allowed her to become an even more integral part of construction and renovation teams throughout her career.
When she first approaches a space, there is not one item that Linda always looks to first – it often depends on the type of room. "When I walk in a room, I look at its elements – the windows, if there's a fireplace, what kind of molding, the base, the doors, the whole architecture of the room," Linda explains. "In design school, they can give you a white box and tell you to design a room, and you get to do whatever you want, which is fun. But when you walk into a real room, there are all these architectural elements that must be taken into consideration."
As such, Linda has a particular interest in the architectural components of the room because building and creating the interior of homes is her true passion, though she acknowledges that in many projects, the flooring is the basis around which everything else revolves. When the client says, "I don't know what colors I like..." or "I'm not sure what I want..." Linda's first impulse is to send them carpet shopping.
"The carpet can inspire the design of the whole room."
Often, because of the size or shape of the room, the carpet tends to be one of the more expensive elements of the project – which is a key reason to find the perfect flooring first, and then build the rest of the space around that. "It's a little different if the client comes into the project with a number of family heirloom fabrics for example, but if you're not matching up to anything, it's good to start with the carpet," she maintains.
What inspires her when working on a home is the people who live in the space themselves, their unique personalities and living needs. But she quickly adds, "You're not in this business if you're not passionate," and that passion is a cornerstone of her inspiration. She loves to find out what her clients are passionate about, so she can bring that passion even more deeply into the project.
"Everybody has great ideas; it's just so inspiring to go into a meeting where everybody's excited. That brings a lot of inspiration to a project."
Linda doesn't consider any space as "hard" to design – she prefers to think of it as challenging, and she loves a good challenge! One type of challenge she runs into – which comes up even more frequently when you work with historic homes like Linda's firm does – happens when working on a renovation where the integrity of the home needs to be maintained. But, she can point to something specific that has an impact: "When the architect puts a window, door, or door frame on every single wall in the room. You walk into a room and think, 'Wow, there is not one solid wall in the room.'" Then you have to figure out how to make the space work – perhaps by moving the furniture to the center of the room.
Three words Linda hopes would be used to describe a room she has designed are comfortable, inviting, and elegant. But it's difficult to choose just three, and Linda adds a couple more while explaining, since her firm does every kind of interior. "We do traditional, modern, contemporary, whatever the client wants. But I think the common thread that people always say about my work is that it is welcoming, livable, and warm," she adds.
This warmth and livability extends to all her projects – even the most lavish ones, such as an incredible oceanfront Moorish compound she designed for a client in Manalapan, Florida. Two years were spent designing and furnishing the eight-bedroom, twelve-bath estate where her client entertained – among other notable people – governors and senators. He said to her, "I want you to create something that will knock everybody's socks off." Linda replied, "What's my budget?" And he said, "Just go for it."
The Moorish architecture was definitely something that they wanted to retain – so Linda traveled to Marrakesh, Morocco to source everything. "We used all reclaimed tiles and the millwork was of a Moorish design," Linda told us. The job was very intensive, weeks and months of fifteen-hour-days, working with a huge team that included everyone from decorative painters and artisans to millworkers, contractors, and electricians. It was down to the wire, six hours before her client would be coming home; the house manager was worried that they wouldn't make it in time – but they did! "We made it … down to every accessory, everything perfectly in place," Linda said.
"When he walked into the bedroom, and we had saved that for last, he just looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, 'You have exceeded my every expectation, you took my breath away, this has taken my breath away.' And thanked me. He often sends me emails that say who stayed in the room and [lets me know] their comments."
This expansive estate is just one of the many lovely spaces Linda has designed that utilize items from STARK. A custom carpet was created for the living room, inspired by the already-existing motif of the fireplace. Old World Weaver fabrics are employed throughout the room, as well; other rooms that feature STARK flooring include the family room, library, master bedroom, two upstairs bedrooms – and even the main staircase!
"I used STARK throughout – we always use STARK carpet."
Linda has been working with STARK for over 30 years, and one major reason is because she has always been able to be creative. "There really isn't anything you can't do when you're working with STARK," she told us. Just one example of how far the STARK team goes to ensure designers get exactly what they want is depicted in Linda's memory of sitting on the floor in the back of the showroom with her rep Audrie, who is now retired, three days in a row, picking out 38 unique yarns for just one carpet that Linda had designed.
"My relationship with STARK has always been amazing and we've done wonderful things together over the years that I have been in business. When you walk in there, you are working with family, and that's really important."
Linda has worked on a wide array of different projects throughout her three-decade-long career, virtually all of which involve STARK. "We've designed so many carpets together," Linda told us, including a traditional farmhouse – which is actually featured in Decorating With Carpets. Another project that comes to mind is a Georgian classic she worked on, which required a custom Axminster carpet for the stairs. Linda traveled for 3 years throughout the English countryside to shop for furniture for this home, and it necessitated a number of special carpets, custom designed with STARK, to be featured all throughout the house.
The STARK touch is employed by interior designers the world over – from veterans of the industry like Linda and Steven G. to more recently established firms like Kapito Muller Interiors. Catch up on all our designer interviews in the Design Showcase and find even more stunning inspiration via the rooms highlighted by our Senior Vice President of Design, Ashley Stark-Kenner, in Ashley's Window.


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January Update
Well y'all, it's the beginning of a new year. (I'll still be posting my usual end-of-the-year stuff in the next coming days and weeks, so hang on.) It amazes me how quickly these come and go. 2018 was wild and unpredictable but so full of God's goodness.Read More


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If you are out at work all day and are concerned about your dogs, we can take care of them for you at CCE daycare.
We provide care for your dog similar to that for a child in nursery. He or she will have individual care and attention for the whole of his or her stay. Plus two walks and playtime with staff or other dogs during the visit. We can pick your dog up in the morning and drop him or her back home in the evening. Complete peace of mind and a wonderful solution for you. All dogs are exercised and taken care of in our wonderful 16 acre countryside facility in Chorleywood. There is no need for your dog to leave our premises. There is plenty of room for dogs to run and play without going out in public.
Daycare is available on an hourly, half day and whole day basis. Starting at £27 + VAT per day for one dog, and £40 + VAT for 2 dogs from the same household.
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There have been few widespread studies into the success rates of drug rehab programs, but this is not due to any lack of information. The truth is that there are many types of drug rehab programs with varying success rates, and in many cases, the success or failure of a given program depends on the addict's level of seriousness and commitment. Even the best inpatient drug rehab program in the world is no match for a drug user who hasn't accepted that they have a problem or is just not ready to face up to it, so any stats would be misleading.
With that said, it is believed that drug rehab programs in general have a success rate between 50 and 75%. The dogma in the recovery community is that most people relapse at least once, and a certain percentage of recovered addicts get so off-track that they eventually have to go through rehab all over again. But if the patient is genuinely committed to quitting, this won't be a problem.
Here are a few things you can do to increase the chances that your inpatient drug rehab program will have success:
- Take it seriously. Some aspects of your inpatient drug rehab may seem unnecessary. But if you've chosen a good facility, you can have faith in your doctors and care professionals. They've dealt with many people in your condition, and they know what works and what doesn't. Even if it feels somewhat unproductive at times, take it seriously.
- Remember the bad side of drugs. As you get further away from your habit, you may feel tempted to sanitize your past. Many people tend to forget about the overwhelmingly negative parts of drug use and instead focus on the few things that were nice about it. This is a huge mistake. In order to move forward, you have to accept that the addicted way of life is not sustainable. If it helps, write down all the bad things about your drug use, and keep your list handy so you do not forget. This is a good thing to do when killing time in inpatient drug rehab.
- Attend support group meetings. If you find yourself thinking that you are not the type of person who would benefit from support group meetings, don't let this deter you. The fact is that there is no specific type of person that support groups are designed for, and you are not the first person to feel a little awkward and out of place in the first few meetings. You don't have to be religious, you don't have to be a big talker, and you don't even have to be a particularly friendly person. Just keep going to your meetings, and you will find that they do help.
- No relapsing, no exceptions. If you ask recovering addicts who have had relapses, most will tell you that the relapse started as a supposedly one-time incident that got out of hand. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that you can get high once or twice "for old time's sake" and still come out clean. It rarely works out that way.
- Address other issues. If you have any mental health issues that have contributed to your addiction, now is the time to see a doctor and get to the bottom of your problems. Therapy is another aspect of inpatient drug rehab that may seem silly at first, but stick with it and it really will help.


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Anyone Can Benefit From Consulting with a Financial Advisor in Yuba City CA
Everyone has points in their lives where they might need the help of a professional. From determining whether you can make a home repair on your own, to figuring out an effective budget, there are plenty of instances in which doing it yourself simply does not work out in your favor. When it comes to questions or concerns about your finances, it is a good idea to consult with a Financial Advisor in Yuba City CA. They can provide you with a host of advice to help you achieve your goals and remain financially stable.
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A great time to start looking into the services of a financial advisor is when you get married. Merging lifestyles, debts, and budgets is very important as finances are ranked among the top reasons for divorce. A financial advisor can help you to communicate through the transition so that you can make the best decisions for your family going forwards. They can assist you in dealing with taxes, investments, selecting medical benefits, creating a budget, getting out of debt, and even maintaining financial accounts.
Started Your Own Business
It is extremely important for those starting a business to consult with a financial expert at least once or twice. No matter how large or small the business is, you need to learn right away how to prioritize goals, make a profit, maintain operation costs, and learn to manage and balance your cash flow and income on the monthly basis. They can assist you in saving for retirement, locating affordable health insurances and more to start your business off on the right path.
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Getting out of debt requires managing your debt to income ratio, creating an effective budget, and remaining disciplined. This is not an easy feat for everyone to accomplish. In instances in which your finances are starting to get uncontrollable, a financial advisor in Yuba City CA will be able to help you get back on track. They will assess your finances and come up with a reasonable repayment goal that gets you out of debt in the immediate future.
Financial advisors are very beneficial. Most are under the impression that only the rich and famous or fortune 500 companies should use them, but they can be a help to anyone who is in need of advice, guidance, or a game plan on how to manage their finances for a stress free lifestyle. For more information, visit online!


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What's on Guide, 26 January – 1 February
English School EC Cape Town offers you different activities every week with the What's on Guide social program. This week, you can enjoy a trek to Wally's Cave in Lion's Head on Thursday, or also join teacher Matthew for a dinner and cinema's evening on Tuesday. Please book w … Read more


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Many parties believe the hardest part of their family law dissolution of marriage matter is behind them when they settle all of the terms of their agreement. However, things can get very complicated, despite the terms of the agreement being agreed to. For one thing, a settlement agreement that is acceptable to the Court has to be drafted and agreed upon by both parties. This can raise numerous issues that were not contemplated, including small, minor nuances, which the parties may disagree upon. Working these minor issues out can be a time consuming process.
Additionally, parties may agree on a dollar amount or a percentage to pay to one another in a dissolution of their marriage, but effectuating the payment can be a bit more challenging, depending upon what sort of accounts are being divided. For one thing, certain retirement accounts, such as 401(k)s, may require a Qualified Domestic Relations Order to divide the account between the parties without incurring a penalty. Similarly, there are IRA's which have to be rolled over into a specific account, rather than taking as cash. Finally, real property, at times, needs to be sold, and proceeds need to be divided. This is a lot to try and navigate; however, with proper legal counsel, these assets can be divided in a cost-effective manner, maximizing cash and liquidity, and avoiding penalties that are typically assessed in these sorts of divisions. Speaking to an attorney regarding how to divide property is always a good idea, and our firm is very knowledgeable regarding these issues. While we cannot give tax advice, we can advise as to what may be the most cost effective approach for dividing these particular assets.


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Can Kevin Bacon Pick a Former Co-Star Out of a Lineup?
Everyone knows the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon methodology, and because Bacon has appeared in so many films, it's sometimes hard for him to keep up with all of his co-stars. "This is kind of embarrassing," he told James Corden on The Late Late Show Monday, "But if I'm about to go to work with someone, I'll check their name on the call sheet. And then you can go to Google and put in their name plus 'Bacon number,' and that will tell you how many degrees of separation there are. It will tell you if I've worked with them. That way, when I walk into the makeup trailer I can say 'Hey good to see you again!' as opposed to, 'Nice to meet you."
There were no computers in sight though when it came time to play a little game Corden cooked up for Bacon called "Who's Your Co-Star." The host hunted down a bit player—the jury foreman—from the 1992 film A Few Good Men and hid him in a police-style lineup of four other guys for Bacon to pick out.
"Of course I'm trying to think if there's some kind of trick," Bacon mused as he stared the men down. "If it's a trick answer, maybe it's number five because, you know, over time … his hair could have grown that long" (he was referring to an option Corden had dubbed "Santa Claus").
In the end, Corden made each man step forward and repeat the single line from the movie. Click the video above to see if Bacon guessed right!


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THEORETICAL EXPLANATION OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS THEORY FOR TEACHING SCIENCE. Problems of Education in the 21st Century, Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 65, Discontinuous. presented at the June/2015. Retrieved from http://journals.indexcopernicus.com/abstract.php?icid=1163176(2015).


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May 1, 2013
The Budweiser Buddy Cup is basically the beer company's way of encouraging drunken Facebook friending. The social cup comes to us from Budweiser Brazil and works with the help of a chip embedded into the bottom.
You can give the Buddy Cup access to your Facebook page by taking a picture of its QR code with your smartphone. This gives the cup access to your Facebook page and lets Budweiser drinkers friend each other by clinking their cups together. When the cups touch, the drinkers will automatically become online friends.
Somehow, I see this Buddy Cup causing trouble for social networking beer drinkers everywhere.
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RIMS nurses reuse syringes, expose patients to infection
Updated: Apr 11, 2019
Nurses at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) reuse syringes, exposing patients to the risk of infections, an internal inspection found.
The hospital's internal inspection team on Monday found a dozen syringes allegedly reused on patients at the medicine ward of Jharkhand's premier state-run medical institution.
"I was shocked to find used syringes kept at bedside tables and tucked under newspapers or above switch boards. The nurses were taken aback by the surprise inspection. They were speechless," said RIMS matron Vijaya Lakshmi, who led the two-member team after complaints reached her office on Friday.
Patients complained that the nurses administered injections with the same syringe without sterilisation several times a day.
Showing the team four syringes, a patient Vikas Singh said, "Nurses asked us to keep the syringes. They told us not to dispose them. I had no idea they had put my ailing mother at risk."
Reena Devi, another patient, said as the matron pulled a used syringe from under a newspaper, "How will I know that a syringe has to be used once? I kept it because nurses asked me to."
The hospital matron passed a diktat of cutting salaries if nurses were caught reusing syringes.
Some junior nurses grilled at the spot said they handed over the syringes to the patients for disposal. However, according to World Health Organisation and bio-medical disposal norms, syringes once used must be instantly burned in the syringe crusher and those disposed in specially marked bins must be sent to the shredder at a bio-medical disposal plant
Director-in-chief Indian Public Health Services Dr Sumant Mishra said, "There is a risk of Hepatitis B and also HIV spreading through reuse, apart from infections like tetanus. In the hospital all syringes are for one-time (use and dispose) use, while smart syringes that lock after use are used in large scale immunisation rounds."
Last year there were two cases, in July and September, where nurses in four wards at RIMS where caught reusing syringes several times. Three cases each were also reported in 2013 and 2014. In 2013 WHO estimated that two-thirds of 600 crore injections used in India every year are unsafe.
"It is unclear why nurses indulge in the malpractice. Syringes are supplied by the hospital. And there are clear instructions they should be destroyed in the WHO provided injection crusher after using once," said Lakshmi.
A senior RIMS official said there was a racket of selling fresh syringes to retail outlets.
But the matron said, "I am unaware of such a racket."
The RIMS administration has given assurances of forming a committee to look into the matter.
RIMS director BL Sherwal said, "It is a shameful if it is happening. I will speak to all heads of departments to check the practice. It can lead to a host of infections." He said there was no dearth of syringes at hospitals.
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Unlike other element topology-management functions, which rely on static maps or geographic information systems (GIS), Google Maps API Premier provides a rich, interactive interface that includes panning, zooming, satellite images and street-level views (in certain locations).
Patrick Bertagna, GTX Corp CEO and President noted, "Choosing Google Maps API Premier as our primary mapping interface further illustrates our commitment to establishing relationships with best-in-class providers to enhance our users' experience. In this case, we're giving our customers the most advanced mapping tool available, allowing them to offer a viewing perspective second to none."
"Google is excited to have GTX Corp integrate our Google Maps API Premier into its products," said Dan Israel, Product Marketing Manager, Google Enterprise. "GTX Corp's use of Google Maps will help bring its personal location services to a broader audience."
Intuitive, interactive maps and satellite images become especially important as users begin to integrate real time tracking capabilities for the purpose of seeing the whereabouts of loved ones and valuable personal assets into their daily life activities. With Google Maps API Premier, viewers can easily track street addresses and specific locations. This capability also allows for the historical travel data (bread crumb trails) to be mapped and preserved for future analysis.
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Very Early Diagnosis Leads to Girl's Death
Yes, I know, that's a pretty extreme headline, but I don't think it's far from the truth. In my backyard, a psychiatrist (who has since taken paid leave from his job) unbelievably diagnosed a girl at 2 1/2 years old with not just one, but two mental disorders — ADHD and bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is an adult diagnosis, rarely diagnosed in children. And virtually never diagnosed in a child younger than 5 years old.
Because children are naturally undergoing constant developmental changes largely determined by their environment that makes a diagnosis of a mental disorder challenging. A child that is "acting out" is often just exhibiting age-appropriate behavior for their age. Children are supposed to be children, not tiny adults meant to act appropriately in all social situations. And parents are tasked with the responsibility for raising children with proper social skills and such. Most parents are up to the task, but some, sadly, are not.
Two such parents can be seen in the Riley's. Michael Riley, 34, and Carolyn Riley, 32, allegedly killed their daughter by regularly giving her drug overdoses, ostensibly to keep her calm and help her sleep. They pleaded not guilty yesterday to first-degree murder charges and were ordered held without bail.
The disturbing part is that a psychiatrist, of all professionals, diagnosed the dead child with these two very serious, long-term mental disorders:
Carolyn Riley's lawyer […] raised questions about the psychiatrist, Dr. Kayoko Kifuji, who prescribed the medication for Rebecca and diagnosed her at age 2 1/2 with attention deficit hyperactive disorder and bipolar disorder.
There's a reason the DSM is divided into adult mental disorders and childhood disorders — the research doesn't provide nearly the empirical research evidence for diagnoses of bipolar disorder in children. If a doctor makes such a diagnosis, they're doing so largely based upon their own experiences, not those of science or research.
And unfortunately, many parents are not adequately informed about the serious strength of prescription medications — especially for a child as young as 3 or 4 years of age. Medications given at these ages is a very serious matter. Parents must be fully informed of the strength of prescription medications at this age and warned never to overprescribe medications to children this young. The unfortunate, tragic consequences of doing so is played out in the news today, and it is so very sad to read.
But it's my opinion that if the psychiatrist was doing her job, she would've never diagnosed such a young child with such serious disorders so early on in the young infant's life, nor prescribed such strong psychiatric medications for the concerns.
Grohol, J. (2018). Very Early Diagnosis Leads to Girl's Death. Psych Central. Retrieved on October 26, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/blog/very-early-diagnosis-leads-to-girls-death/
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Oregon Sick Leave
Oregon Sick Leave
Oregon's new statewide Sick Leave Law goes into effect January 1, 2016.
Oregon's Sick Leave Law will require employers, including out-of-state employers, with ten (10) or more employees, to provide employees with up to 40 hours of paid sick leave per year, accruing at the rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked in Oregon. Employers with fewer than 10 employees will be required to provide up to 40 hours of unpaid sick leave per year to employees working in Oregon.
Provided, however, for those employers, located anywhere, who have employee(s) working in the City of Portland, you are required to provide paid sick leave if you have six (6) or more total employees and unpaid sick leave if you have fewer than six (6) total employees, both accruing based on the number of hours worked in the City of Portland.
A quarterly accounting of the amount of accrued and unused sick time will be required. Employer's quarterly state payroll reports, which list each employee's quarterly work hours, can be used as the baseline for the Sick Leave quarterly accounting, if you do not use a payroll vendor or if your payroll vendor cannot accommodate this quarterly requirement.


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What Is the Executive Board of a Corporation?
There are typically three kinds of Boards involved in the management of corporations and other organizations. They are the Advisory Board, which consists of inside or outside individuals appointed by the management to provide technical and operational guidance, the Board of Directors, which is an appointed and elected body charged with overseeing policy and governance and protecting the interests of shareholders, and the Executive Board.
Function of the Executive Board
The Executive Board's function is to guide the day-to-day operations and practices necessary to achieve the overall objectives established by management and the Board of Directors. Typically this involves reviewing the work done in the previous period, acknowledging achievement of milestones, setting new objectives, resolving problems and introducing new ideas or projects.
Composition of the Board
Often referred to as the Executive Committee, the Board consists of a group of executives and management, sometimes representatives of a union or workers' group, and other experts or specialists. The members of the Executive Board are usually obtained from employees and management of the company, and they are appointed by the company executive.
Value of the Board
The members of an Executive Board are often department heads; one of the main functions of Executive Board meetings is the delivery of status and progress reports from each department, requests for funding, equipment or staff changes and the presentation of new ideas, programs or projects. The strength and value of an Executive Board lies in its ability to anticipate and predict problems before they become serious, to maintain production levels and quality, to introduce cutting-edge innovations and ideas and to identify areas that need improvement.
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Fifty years ago Sunday, negotiators from China, North Korea and the United States, representing the 22-nation United Nations Command, signed an armistice to end the three-year Korean War. The anniversary was marked with a solemn ceremony and the unveiling of a new postage stamp to honor all American soldiers.
Sunday's ceremony at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington included the performance of a traditional Korean dance aimed at comforting fallen souls.
Officials also unveiled a new U.S. postage stamp which carried the bleak image of American soldiers trudging through the snow of a Korean winter.
The armistice agreement signed 50 years ago ended the fighting in Korea, but technically didn't end the war. Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said this limbo has not hurt South Korea's development.
"Because we took a determined stand, because our men and women fought and sacrificed, the people of South Korea have had half a century of peace. Fifty years to build a dynamic democracy and a thriving economy, that is no stalemate," Mr. Wolfowitz said.
He said in contrast, North Korea is a land of comparative darkness, where a tyrant spends the country's meager resources on nuclear weapons while the people starve.
But he added that there is one issue on which Washington and Pyongyang are cooperating, identifying and recovering remains of U.S. soldiers in Korea. "We recently concluded negotiations that will result in two joint recovery operations this year. In November, we will meet with them to form plans for recovery operations in 2004. This is vital, because the Korean War will not really end for us until every American is brought home or accounted for," he said.
Five decades after the end of the conflict, the United States and North Korea are once again engaged in a dispute, this time over whether Pyongyang should be developing nuclear weapons.
State-run North Korean media said the country needs nuclear weapons to defend itself against what it sees as an imminent attack from the United States, which has labeled the country part of an "axis of evil." Pyongyang points to recent U.S. military offensives in Afghanistan and Iraq, and Washington's decision to re-configure its troop deployment in South Korea, as evidence of its argument.
On the ABC television program This Week, the Commander of U.S. troops in South Korea, General Leon LaPorte, called North Korea a credible conventional military threat. But he countered that American troops are ready, if necessary. "From a military standpoint, there's the capability, always, to attack targets and to destroy targets. The challenge in North Korea is that many of their facilities are underground," General LaPorte said.
General LaPorte dismissed reports that reassigning the 37,000 American troops in South Korea indicated either a weakening of U.S. military commitment there or an imminent attack on North Korea.
Instead, he said, the redeployment is simply meant to take advantage of changing technologies and new capabilities.


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Wendel's activities, as a long-term professional investor, are guided by four strong values that form the foundation of Wendel's identity.
Long-term commitment
Wendel's long-term commitment makes it a unique investor: Wendel builds over the long term, for the long term. Every decision is made with its companies' long-term interests in mind. Wendel supports Group companies over time: its average investment period is 15 years. The strategies it employs include providing managerial assistance, supporting acquisitions and capital expenditure and constantly focusing on innovation. Wendel also pays special attention to developing the employability of its staff. Being a long-term investor also means supporting and assisting companies through difficult times.
Wendel is a three-hundred-year-old company. Its long life can be attributed to its culture of excellence, achieved by building trust, showing reliability, setting high standards and upholding commitments.
Wendel has always been open to changes taking place in the world, demonstrating a remarkably strong ability to adapt. This openness is reflected today in its desire to further its international expansion.
Family is part of the DNA of Wendel, a family-run company. Its family values breed an exceptionally strong team spirit, both internally and among the companies in which Wendel is a shareholder. Wendel builds partnerships based on trust and responsibility with these Group companies.


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Due to Wikipedia not being considered a reliable source, many colleges and universities have banned its use by students for research projects. However, the Los Angeles Times recently reported that some college professors are actually using Wikipedia for classes, something that would not have been allowed just a few years ago.
Even though academia has shunned Wikipedia in the past, there seems to be a growing trend to allow its use in schools. There are many reasons why this could be occurring but here are some of the most common.
Wikipedia Now Being Edited by ExpertsWikipedia is no longer edited by a small group of editors. Many of them are experts in professional fields such as physicians, lawyers, and even professors. This pool of editors volunteers their time to make improvements to the site, editing existent content and creating new pages.
Wikipedia has become so difficult to navigate because of its vast rules that people even turn to professional Wikipedia services. That means you now have volunteer editors as well as outside paid editors contributing content to Wikipedia.
Editors Are Becoming More DiverseA study by MIT found that Wikipedia is skewed toward technical, western, and male-dominated subject matter. This is reflective of the male-dominated editor pool. Over the last couple of years, Wikipedia has become more diverse thanks to "edit-a-thons" that have focused on removing gender bias from Wikipedia.
When you bring diversity into any situation, you will have more of an unbiased view. The same applies to Wikipedia. With editors of all genders, races, religions, etc., you will have more of a neutral point of view with articles, making them a more reliable and accurate account of history.
Students Now Editing Wikipedia as Class AssignmentsEvidence that Wikipedia has become more acceptable in education can be seen in how many students are editing it as a class assignment. I am not talking about using it as a reference, but learning how and performing edits to the online encyclopedia for class credit.
Wikipedia has worked with the academic community for some time now, even creating Wikipedia projects to help teachers use it for assignments. Some of the most prominent universities even employ "Wikipedians in Residence" who work within the college to help students and teachers with Wikipedia.
Students Learning to Use Wikipedia the Right WayDespite earning more respect in academia, it is still not advisable to cite Wikipedia for class assignments. This is due to the open access format where anyone can edit. Citing Wikipedia directly is a no-no but there is a way to use it as a starting point which many students are now taking advantage of.
According to the guide to using Wikipedia in academia, always go directly to the Wikipedia article about the topic you are researching. Then, scroll to the bottom under the "references" section. There you will find a list of all the reliable sources that you can use to cite in your paper. Students learning to use Wikipedia correctly are causing professors to trust its use more and more.
What Will be Next for Wikipedia and Academia?I highly doubt that Wikipedia will ever be used as a direct citation for research. However, more educational institutions will likely move closer to allowing its use to begin your research. In addition to class projects where students edit Wikipedia directly, academia is likely to produce future Wikipedia editors from those who enjoyed using it for class projects.
What has been your experience with using Wikipedia in the classroom?


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We manufacture pure and methylated ethanol to meet the demands of a wide range of applications: the printing industry, cosmetics, toiletries, aerosols, industrial chemicals, household cleaners, pharmaceutical, medical and biological products, food and beverages, flavours and fragrances and surface coatings.
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You've probably heard it before: you need a good book cover in order for your novel to sell. Is it true?
Yes. But why? Shouldn't content matter more? Read on to find out.
Why is Good Cover Design Important?
A good cover does many things:
- Captures the reader's attention
- Makes a book stand out amid hundreds of others
- Looks great in a promotional email sent out by companies like Book Cave
- Leads a person to read reviews about the book or read the preview sample
- Makes a book look professional
A bad cover is damaging in several ways:
- Turns a reader away before they have a chance to look closer at the quality of writing
- Makes a reader think that the author must have skipped corners in other areas because they skipped corners with their cover design
- If it's an indie-published book, it gives a bad rap to indie authors
Tips for Good Book Cover Design
What can you do to make sure you have a cover that really works? Here are some tips to help you out.
Look at what others are doing
Whether you already have a book cover, or you're looking to create one, you should check out what successful authors writing in your book's genre are doing. How does your cover compare to theirs? If you show your cover and their cover to a friend, which book would they be more tempted to buy? What components of these other authors' covers (for example, whether or not they depict a person, whether they use light swirls, the font type, etc.) do they use that you can apply to your cover to make it better or to help create it? You shouldn't copy someone's work, but you can get inspiration and ideas from what others have done.
Does your book cover match your genre?
Even if your cover is attractive and interesting, if it doesn't match your genre, readers will be turned away. Does your fantasy cover look like a bibliography cover? Does your science fiction cover look like historical fiction? Does your YA cover look like a memoir? Again, look at what others are doing to get a feel of what is appropriate for your genre. You can check out some genre-specific covers in our blog post here.
Does your book cover have the needed components?
Your cover needs to look like a cover. This means it at least needs an image, a title, and your name. Anything less than that is not a cover.
Does your book cover look good small?
Readers are usually viewing your cover as a small thumbnail online, like on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or iTunes. That means your cover needs to attract their attention and be interesting even when it's small. Be sure to look at the thumbnail version of your cover. Is it too complicated? Are there too many competing elements that you can't see well when it's small? You may need to simplify your cover.
Ask others for feedback
Just because you think your cover looks great, doesn't mean others feel the same way. And your book cover isn't about pleasing you—it's about getting potential readers to buy your book! Do ask family and friends, and remind them to be honest. You can also do a survey on Facebook, reaching people who are less likely to lie to you to spare your feelings. Ask them to vote between your cover and another author's cover, or between several variations of one of your covers to find the best one.
Design it yourself
If you've decided your cover isn't up to snuff, you can try redesigning it. Or, if you're creating a cover for a new book, you can also try the DIY route. We have a three-part tutorial you can check out that'll help you with this. Be sure to ask for feedback from friends, family, and readers on your design along the creation trail.
Get a professional
If you've tried designing your cover and have determined it's not good enough, or you don't feel confident in your design skills (you're already a professional with words—you don't have to be a professional with design too!), then it's time to hire a professional. A great way to find a good designer is to ask authors who have effective book covers who their designer was. Another option is to ask your editor—many of them will know designers and may even have designers that they regularly refer their customers to. There are also several sites out there that sell ready-made covers (just plug in the title and your name) that you can browse.
If you're hiring a designer, let them know the feel you want for your cover, as well as the genre of your book and a plot synopsis. You can provide the designer with an image (or a link to one), and that may be the best route if you want a person on the cover, because you'll be sure to get the feel you're looking for. Providing examples (either of people or covers that you like) will help them know what you want, even if they don't end up using the image you provide. A designer will be able to determine what image(s) they can use and will generally choose better quality, better sharpness, better color, better angle, etc., so don't insist on the image if they feel it won't work well. Compromise on another image. Remember, you hired them because they are the professional. That being said, you should have input on the final cover design and be able to see a few different options with color, font, and even images. Keep in mind that the more options you ask for, the more money you'll pay, because you're using the designer's time.
What experience do you have with designing a book cover or with finding someone to design it for you? We'd love to hear in the comments below.
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Galloway Forest Park's 7,000 Stars
From The Times
October 24,2009
by Mike Wade
At the end of a garden path, in a home-made observatory overlooking Wee Glenamour Loch, there is an air of expectancy among a gaggle of astronomers.
Not because it's a good night for stargazing. It's not: the skies are leaden and the rain is falling in stair-rods. But here, on the edge of the Galloway Forest Park, locals are preparing to celebrate its recognition as a Dark-Sky Park, an award unique in Europe, that will rank this lonely corner of southwest Scotland alongside only two other areas in the world.
Next month, the International Dark-Sky Association — based in Tucson, Arizona — will convene to ratify the report of its inspectors in Britain. Final tests, which begin tonight in the shrouded hills of Glen Trool, are almost certain to confirm a first batch of readings that registered parts of the vast and lonely forest at Bortle 2 on the international darkness scale.
Bortle 2 is as dark as it gets on dry land; only in the middle of the ocean, where light pollution is entirely absent, could you experience the profound blackness of Bortle 1.
"There will be a little bit of pride. I will be able to say 'I live in the dark-sky park' and I'll push it for all its worth," says Robin Bellerby, 69, a former headmaster and chairman of the Wigtownshire Astronomical Society. "All teachers are missionaries. This can be a solitary hobby but we like to interest people to join with us and turn their heads up."
Barring perhaps Cape Wrath, the most remote point of mainland Britain, nothing compares with Galloway for astronomers. Far from large towns and cities — Glasgow and Edinburgh are over the hills and more than two hours to the north — and with the atmosphere cleansed by frequent rain, the quality of darkness is exceptional.
You do not need rocket science to explain why the forest park is special, says Steve Owens, the UK national co-ordinator of the International Year of Astronomy and one of tonight's three inspectors. It's simple: high-quality darkness depends on an absence of light. Light pollution from sodium lamps in the city "is a terrible spoiler for astronomers", he said. "On the clearest night in London you might be able to pick out only 200 stars."
In Galloway Forest Park about 7,000 fill the sky. Weather permitting.
Sheltered by a stand of pines near the small town of Newton Stewart, Dr Bellerby and his friends feel the benefit. The observatory sits on the edge of 320 square miles of parkland in which there are only 414 "points of light", or houses. When the Forestry Commission asked householders for their help in the dark-sky campaign, all but three agreed to douse unnecessary lights. It probably helps that, according to legend at least, astronomy is a secret passion for many locals.
A couple of years ago, sensors that count vehicles registered a surprisingly high volume of traffic heading into the forest park in the darkest hours of night. The local constabulary, alerted to possible foul play, descended on a car park by Clatteringshaws Loch. They found not drug dealers or sheep rustlers but a group of guys in cagoules and clutching Thermos flasks, their telescopes trained on the Crab Nebula.
But not tonight, as the rain clatters on the observatory roof. "Won't see anything, I'm afraid," Dr Bellerby says, with the cheery demeanour of a man for once looking forward to a good sleep. Last Wednesday, "a lovely night", he had whiled away the evening totting up the man-made objects he could see above his head: two American military satellites; two pieces of Russian rocket; the International Space Station — "that's bloody large" — and a communications contraption. But the real joys are the heavenly delights: the Milky Way, Jupiter or even the Northern Lights.
"I never saw it for a couple of years," Dr Bellerby said. "Then a neighbour rang me. He said, 'Get into your garden now'. And there it was, in all its glory, from west to east and following the coast north. Extraordinary."
The International Dark-Sky Association will deliver its verdict on November 16 or 17. Until then, the world's only dark-sky parks remain Natural Bridges, Utah, and Cherry Springs State Park, Pennsylvania.
Something of the night
— It is impossible to create complete darkness because the definition of light includes the entire electromagnetic spectrum, including infrared light and gamma rays that the human eye cannot see
— Darkness has often been associated with negativity. Victor Hugo wrote in Les Misérables, "The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes the darkness", and Martin Luther King Jr said: "Darkness is only driven out with light, not more darkness"
— The Darkness were an offbeat hard rock/pop band who found fame in 2003 and won several Brit awards. With their name trading on a traditional association between rock music and the gloomy, the group, led by the falsetto singer Justin Hawkins, were criticised for their often light-hearted approach
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Justice Department broadening criteria for clemency
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is broadening the criteria it will use in evaluating clemency petitions from certain federal prisoners and expects the changes to result in thousands of new applications, Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday.
The new criteria, which will be detailed later this week and are aimed at inmates serving time for nonviolent drug offenses, are intended to reduce the nation's federal prison population and "ensure that those who have paid their debts have a chance to become productive citizens," Holder said in a video message.
The announcement is part of an ongoing Obama administration push to re-evaluate sentences for drug crimes that officials believe were unduly harsh and were imposed under old federal guidelines that treated convictions for crack cocaine offenses more punitively than those involving the powder form of the drug.
In December, for instance, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of eight drug prisoners — including six who were serving life sentences — sentenced under old federal guidelines.
The Justice Department in January publicly encouraged defense lawyers around the country to help low-level, nonviolent drug offenders prepare petitions for clemency.
The department evaluates and recommends clemency applications for the president's review, taking into account factors such as the seriousness of the crime, the person's acceptance of responsibility, their behavior since the conviction, and input from the prosecuting office that handled the case.
Historically, the overwhelming majority of requests for pardons and sentence commutations are not granted. The trend has continued in the Obama administration — Obama commuted only one sentence in his first term.
However, the Justice Department expects to tap into a broader pool of convicts who may be good candidates to have their sentences cut short.
Holder said the department was prepared to receive thousands of additional applications for clemency and may assign dozens of lawyers to review those applications.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday that the number of commutations granted will depend on the number of worthy candidates.
"And in terms of how many deserving candidates are out there, I couldn't begin to speculate," he said.
The announcement comes as Congress weighs significant changes in the country's criminal sentencing laws.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican and the party's ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Monday that the Justice Department and Bureau of Prisons should consider easing prison overcrowding by transferring foreign inmates back to their home countries "instead of just talking about clemency for convicted drug offenders."


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Britain and Ireland braced for a lashing from Ophelia, the largest hurricane ever recorded so far east in the Atlantic Ocean, after it dumped heavy rains on Portugal's Azores islands
Dublin (AFP) - Ireland has ordered all schools to close Monday as the country braces for an "unprecedented storm" with the arrival of Ophelia, the largest hurricane ever recorded so far east in the Atlantic Ocean.
"In response to the imminent Storm Ophelia, the Department of Education and Skills is now publicly informing all schools, colleges and other education institutions that they are to remain closed tomorrow, Monday 16 October," the department said in a statement.
The decision followed discussions with the government's emergency planning task force and advice "on this unprecedented storm" from Ireland's Met Eireann national weather service, the statement added.
Met Eireann issued a nationwide "status red" alert and warned of "potential risk to lives" when the storm hits daytime Monday.
Although Ophelia will weaken as the storm travels over cooler seas towards the west coast of Ireland, Met Eireann forecast "violent and destructive gusts".
Heavy rain and storm surges are expected to lead to flooding.
An amber wind warning has been issued for Northern Ireland between 1400 GMT and 2100 GMT, when gusts could reach up to 130 kph (80 mph).
"By the time Ophelia reaches our latitudes, she will be weakening and will be an ex-hurricane," said Steve Ramsdale, chief forecaster at Britain's Met Office national weather service.
"However, Ex-Ophelia will be bringing some significant impacts to Northern Ireland and western and northern Britain on Monday and Tuesday."
Scotland, Wales and parts of England were under yellow warnings issued by the Met Office, which forecast "very strong winds" and heavy rain in some areas.
- Travel disruption -
Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Sunday that defence forces were being deployed to areas due to be hit by the storm.
Ophelia is the 15th named storm of the 2017 Atlantic season, which is expected to last until the end of November.
Three major hurricanes -- Harvey, Irma and Maria -- caused catastrophic damage in the Caribbean and the US Gulf Coast.
Meteorologists say Ophelia is the most powerful hurricane recorded so far east in the Atlantic and the first since 1939 to travel so far north.
It was classed Category 3 on Saturday as it passed near Portugal's Azores islands, which means it packed winds of at least 178 kilometres (110 miles) per hour.
When Ophelia reaches Ireland on Monday it is expected to weaken to a "post tropical storm", according to the US National Hurricane Center.
"Mean wind speeds in excess of 80 kph (50 mph) and gusts in excess of 130 kph (80 mph) are expected, potentially causing structural damage and disruption, with dangerous marine conditions due to high seas and potential flooding," it said.
Flights, ferries and buses all face disruption. Cork Airport in southwest Ireland said "cancellations are likely" and urged passengers to check with their airlines in advance of travel.
- Sea warning -
Matt Crofts, a lifesaving manager with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, said the seas could be "particularly dangerous and unpredictable".
"Stormy conditions may be tempting to watch but big waves can easily knock you off your feet.
"We understand why people want to experience extreme weather, but it's not worth risking your life, so we strongly urge people to respect the water and watch from a safe distance."
Seven of the nine islands in the Azores were put on high alert for the storm's passage, but it did not cause major damage, authorities told reporters.
Four trees were torn out of the ground on the island of Sao Miguel and firefighters responded to six incidents across the Azores to deal with small floods or landslides.
Several flights between the islands or to the Portuguese mainland were cancelled, affecting about 800 passengers.
In Spain, three people have died in wildfires whipped by strong wind gusts spawned by Hurricane Ophelia.
The fires were raging across the region of Galicia with the flames fanned by wind gusts of up to 90 kilometres (55 miles) per hour as the storm moved north off the coast of Spain towards Ireland, the head of the regional government, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, said.
"The situation is critical," he added.
Three people have also died in wildfires in Portugal, which local authorities said had been exacerbated by drought.


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