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Terms of Use
Last updated: November 20, 2014
The www.themakingsofme.com™ website is composed and operated by Rukia Management Ltd. and/or its affiliates. Collectively these will be noted as Rukia Management ("Rukia Management").
The www.themakingsofme.com ("Rukia Management") website use is offered to you on the condition that you accept these Terms of Use, without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices herein. User's use of the website constitutes acceptance of all these terms, conditions, and notices.
Privacy Policy and Protection of Personal Information
To view the Privacy Policy and our policies regarding the protection of and use of user's personal information, please visit the themakingsofme.com website's Privacy Policy link.
The nature of our service
We do not provide medical advice. Users are responsible for seeking medical advice from their own physicians.
Our service is dependent on samples mailed to us by the user. The accuracy of a mail-in genetic test is dependent on information and material provided by the end user. Contamination with foreign DNA is always a risk in any genetic test. When submitting the DNA sample, it is important to note that DNA may commonly be corrupted by outside particles, such as third parties that were present or common household dust particles. In such a case Rukia Management will request that it be resubmitted by the user incurring only shipping and handling expenses.
Table of Contents
1. Definitions
2. Use of the Services
3. User Submissions
4. Third-Party Providers and Links
5. Proprietary Rights and Intellectual Property Rights
6. Website Disclaimers and Liability Limitations
7. DMCA Notifications of Claims of Infringements
8. Confidentiality
9. Terms and Termination
10. General Provisions
"Affiliate" means any entity which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the subject entity. "Control," for purposes of this definition, means direct or indirect ownership or control of more than 50% of the voting interests of the subject entity.
"Services" means the online, Web-based applications and platform provided via www.themakingsofme.com and/or other designated websites, including associated offline components but excluding Third Party Applications.
"Third-Party Applications" means online, Web-based applications and offline software products that are provided by third parties and interoperate with the Services, and are identified as third-party applications, including but not limited to those listed on themakingsofme.com.
"Users" means individuals who use of the website and/or are authorized by the user to use the Services, and who have been supplied user identifications and passwords by us. Users may include but are not limited to user's employees, consultants, contractors, companies and agents; or third parties.
"We," "Us" or "Our" means Rukia Management Ltd. and/or its affiliates and/or legal entities contracting with Rukia Management.
"You" or "Your" means the user, the company or other legal entity for which the user is accepting this Agreement and affiliates of that company or entity.
"Your Data" means all electronic data or information submitted by you for the Services.
We shall: (i) provide to you basic support for the Services, (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to make the Services available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except for: (a) planned downtime (of which we shall give at least 8 hours notice via the website), or (b) any unavailability caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including without limitation, acts of God, acts of government, flood, fire, earthquake, war, civil unrest, acts of terror, strikes or other labor problems (other than those involving our employees), or Internet service provider failures or delays, (iii) provide the Services only in accordance with applicable laws and government regulations.
You shall (i) use the Services only in accordance with these Terms of Use and applicable laws and government regulations., (ii) be solely responsible for the accuracy, quality, integrity and legality of your data and of the means by which you acquired your data, (iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent unauthorized access to or use of the Services, and notify us promptly of any such unauthorized access or use.
No resale of our services is allowed.
User Account, Password, Security and Use Restrictions: The themakingsofme.com website is an account-based service. You are responsible for maintaining the privacy of your account and password. You are entirely responsible for any and all activities that occur under your account. You agree to immediately notify us of any breach of security or unauthorized use of your account. Rukia Management is not liable for any loss that may occur due to the unauthorized use of your account or password.
Personal, Non-Commercial and Commercial Use Limitation: Unless direct written consent from Rukia Management has been received, the Website and its services are to be used solely for your own personal and non-commercial use. You do not have the right to copy, modify, transmit, distribute, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, lease, or sell any information, software, products or services obtained from Rukia Management. Rukia Management reserves the right to refuse service or use of its products or services to anyone, for any reason and at anytime, as it deems necessary.
Illegal and Prohibited Usage: Part of your agreement with Rukia Management is that you will NOT use the themakingsofme.com website for any purpose that could be deemed unlawful or is prohibited by the terms, conditions, notices, and policies of Rukia Management. You agree that all information provided by you is true. You may NOT use the Rukia Management website in a manner which could/may damage, disable, overburden, or impair any aspect of the themakingsofme.com website or the network or networks connected to the themakingsofme.com website, or may interfere with any other party's ability to use or enjoy the themakingsofme.com website. Any unauthorized attempts to gain access to the themakingsofme.com website, or other individual accounts, or any computer systems or networks connected to any Rukia Management website, through any means, including; hacking, password mining, is strictly prohibited. Further, you may not in any way attempt to obtain any materials or information not intentionally made public/available, through the Rukia Management website.
You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this Website any unlawful, threatening, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other material that would violate any law or expose Rukia Management to liability. Rukia Management may delete, remove or destroy any such material at Rukia Management's sole discretion.
Any non-personal material, information or other communication you transmit or post to this Website ("Non-Personal Communications") will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary. Rukia Management will have no obligations with respect to the Non-Personal Communications. By sending Non-Personal Communications to Rukia Management, you grant it a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, irrevocable and fully sub-licensable right to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate into other materials and otherwise use the Non-Personal Communications and all data, images, sounds, text, and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from this Website any unlawful, threatening, harassing, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other material that would violate any law or expose Rukia Management to liability. Rukia Management may delete, remove or destroy any Non-Personal Communications in Rukia Management's discretion that it believes in its sole discretion may be illegal or expose Rukia Management to liability or objectionable for any other reason.
Any other acquisition by you of third-party products or services, including but not limited to Third-Party Applications and implementation, customization and other consulting services, and any exchange of data between you and any third-party provider, is solely between you and the applicable third-party provider. We do not warrant, endorse or support any third-party products or services, whether or not they are designated by us as "certified." No purchase of third-party products or services is required to use our Services.
If you install or enable Third-Party applications for use with our services, you acknowledge that we may allow providers of those Third-Party applications to access Your Data as required for the interoperation of such Third-Party applications with the Services. We shall not be responsible for any disclosure, modification or deletion of Your Data resulting from any such access by Third-Party application providers.
Reservation of Rights: Subject to the limited rights expressly granted hereunder, we reserve all rights, title and interest in and to the Services, including all related intellectual property rights. No rights are granted to you hereunder other than as expressly set forth herein.
Restrictions: You shall not (i) permit any third party to access the Services except as permitted herein, (ii) create derivate works based on the Services, (iii) copy, frame or mirror any part or content of the Services, other than copying or framing on your own intranets or otherwise for your own internal business purposes, (iv) reverse engineer the Services, or (v) access the Services in order to (a) build a competitive product or service, or (b) copy any features, functions or graphics of the Services.
Ownership of Your Data: As between us and you, you exclusively own all rights, title and interest in and to all of Your Data.
Waiver of Rights: You agree to grant to Rukia Management a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual license, with the right to sublicense, to reproduce, distribute, transmit, create derivative works of, publicly display and publicly perform any materials and other information (including, without limitation, ideas contained therein for new or improved products or services) you submit to public areas of Rukia Management (such as BBSs, forums and chat rooms) by all means and in any media now known or hereafter developed. You hereby waive all rights, legal, moral or otherwise, in any such materials and information, and you hereby warrant that any such materials and information originate with you, or that you have the right to submit such materials and information. You agree that you shall have no recourse against Rukia Management for any alleged or actual infringement or misappropriation of any proprietary right in your public communication.
Operation: Rukia Management reserves complete and sole discretion with respect to the operation of themakingsofme.com website. Rukia Management may, among other things: (a) delete communications between members if it has not been accessed by a User within the time established by Rukia Management policies; (b) make available to third parties information relating to Rukia Management and Users; and (c) withdraw, suspend or discontinue any functionality or feature of Rukia Management. Rukia Management assumes no responsibility or liability for any content or activity, unlawfully perpetrated by the user at any time on Rukia Management's website.
Rukia Management may, at its complete and sole discretion, review uploaded files, conferences, BBSs, forums, and chats and authorize restrictions on access thereto. Rukia Management will not review the contents of email except as required or allowed by applicable law or legal process.
Website Content: All content, including, but not limited to, the descriptions, information, flash files, artwork, text, images, animations, video, audio, logo, slogans, pictures and media files, (collectively, "Website Content") contained on themakingsofme.com is owned or controlled by Rukia Management and is protected by worldwide copyright and trademark laws. You may access and use the Website Content only for personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not use, change, copy, publish, sell, post, transmit or distribute any Website Content for any other purpose, without Rukia Management's express written consent.
Please respect our intellectual property rights. Any personal usage or reprint of our materials must include all copyright, trademark and any other proprietary notices reflecting Rukia Management's exclusive ownership of said content. We expressly do not provide any rights or licenses to you as a user of our website and Rukia Management retains exclusive worldwide intellectual property rights to all its materials.
Rukia Management PROVIDES ALL INFORMATION FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. NO PROVIDED INFORMATION OR RESULTS ARE INTENDED IN ANY WAY TO PORTRAY ANY MEDICAL OPINION, CONSULT, ADVICE, PROGNOSIS, CONCLUSION, ANALYSIS, CARE, PRACTICE OR RECOMMENDATIONS.
Copyright: The entire contents of themakingsofme.com website are copyrighted as a collective work under international copyright laws. Rukia Management holds the copyright in the collective work. The collective work includes works which are the property of the Information Providers which are also protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws.
You may display and, subject to any expressly stated restrictions or limitations relating to specific material, download portions of the material from the different areas of Rukia Management solely for your own non-commercial use, unless otherwise permitted. Any redistribution retransmission or publication of any copyrighted material is strictly prohibited without the express written consent of the copyright owner. You agree not to change or delete any proprietary notices from materials downloaded from Rukia Management.
Other Sites: You are encouraged to use discretion while browsing the Internet on searches initiated at Rukia Management. Rukia Management links may lead unintentionally to sites containing information that some people may find inappropriate or offensive. It may also lead to sites which contain inaccurate information, false or misleading advertising, or information which violates copyright, libel or defamation laws. Rukia Management and information providers make no representations concerning any effort to review all of the content of sites linked from its website.
Review of Postings and Uploads: Rukia Management does not and cannot review all communications and materials posted or uploaded to Rukia Management and are not responsible for the content of these communications and materials. However, Rukia Management reserves the right to block or remove communications or materials that it determines, upon being made aware of any matters it deems inappropriate, and at its sole discretion, to be (a) abusive, libelous, defamatory or obscene, (b) fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading, (c) in violation of a copyright or trademark, other intellectual property right of another or (d) offensive or otherwise unacceptable to Rukia Management.
ANY MESSAGES, ADVICE, OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED IN ANY DISCUSSION AREA SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ADVICE OR INSTRUCTION NOR THE OPINION OF ANYONE IN ANY WAY AFFILIATED WITH Rukia Management OR ITS INFORMATION PROVIDERS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, OR OTHER STAFF AND AGENTS.
Rukia Management's operating policies relating to online conduct, storage and deletion of email and uploaded files, conferences, Bulletin boards ("BBSs") and other matters are available and/or will be made available online. Rukia Management reserves the right in its sole discretion to change such policies at any time. Files uploaded to a BBS may be subject to posted limitations on usage, reproduction and/or dissemination, and you are responsible for adhering to such limitations if you download them. The discretion of Rukia Management or any of its agents to review, modify, or delete information as forum manager is not an assumption of responsibility or liability for any content or activity, lawful or otherwise, occurring at any time on Rukia Management, nor should that discretion be read to imply any such assumption. Rukia Management assumes no responsibility or liability for any content or activity, lawful or otherwise, occurring at any time on Rukia Management.
You are responsible for your communications and your use of Rukia Management. You may not, under any circumstances, do any of the following: (a) use simultaneous, unattended or continuous connections to Rukia Management with one account; (b) post or transmit any message which is libelous or defamatory; (c) post or transmit any message, data, image or program which is indecent, obscene or pornographic; (d) post or transmit any message, data, image or program that would violate the property rights of others, including unauthorized copyrighted text, images or programs, trade secrets or other confidential proprietary information, and trademarks or service marks used in an infringing fashion; (e) use Rukia Management to threaten, harass, stalk, abuse, or otherwise violate the legal rights (including rights of privacy and publicity) of others; (f) intercept or attempt to intercept email or other private communications not intended for you; (g) send email to users or other Internet users for any purpose other than personal communication, including to advertise or offer to unsolicited sell goods or services to other Users, use as a mass unsolicited distribution medium to communicate a generally unsolicited message, or use your email account as an address to which users or other Internet users need to respond (except as otherwise expressly permitted by Rukia Management; (h) send unsolicited email messages through third-party mail servers in order to relay your email or hide the origination of your email to others; (i) upload or download files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws, rights of privacy or publicity, or any other applicable law unless you own or control the rights to such files or have received all necessary consents; (j) upload files that contain a virus or corrupted data; (k) delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in a file that you upload to a BBS or Rukia Management; (l) falsify the source or origin of software or other material contained in a file that you upload to a BBS or Rukia Management; (m) use Rukia Management in a manner that adversely affects the availability of its resources to other Users; (n) use, download or otherwise copy, or provide (whether or not for a fee) to a person or entity that is not a subscriber to Rukia Management the User directory or any portion thereof other than for personal, noncommercial purposes (except as otherwise expressly permitted by Rukia Management); (o) falsely purport to be an employee or agent of Rukia Management (p) cause repeated disruptive incidents; or (q) act, or fail to act, in your use of Rukia Management, in a manner that is contrary to applicable law or regulation.
Your use of our website or any of the information, links, products or services offered on this Site (collectively, the "Services") is subject to these Terms of Use. The themakingsofme.com website, at its sole discretion, may change the Terms of Use, conditions and operation of this website at anytime without specific and personal notice to you. By using this Site and/or any of its Services, you agree to these Terms, including any modifications we make, and further waive any rights or claims you may have against us.
7. DMCA Notifications of Claims of Infringement
If you believe that your work has been copied on our website in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please notify our agent for notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement ("Agent"), at our "Contact Us" page.
Please provide our Agent with the following Notice:
We will remove the infringing posting(s), subject to the procedures outlined in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
As provided in the "Privacy Policy".
Without limiting the above, we shall maintain appropriate administrative, physical, and technical safeguards for protection of the security, confidentiality and integrity of Your Data. We shall not (a) modify Your Data, (b) disclose Your Data except as compelled by law or as expressly permitted in writing by you, or (c) access Your Data except to provide the Services or prevent or address service or technical problems, or at your request in connection with customer support matters.
This Agreement commences on the date you access this website and continues until terminated.
Software Malfunction or Website Interruption: Rukia Management will make its best efforts to maintain its products and services as operational at all times. We are not liable for any known or unknown interruptions in our products, the website or its services. You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Rukia Management, its employees, directors, shareholders, members, officers, agents, subsidiaries and affiliates from any and all claims, losses, damages, causes of action, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) related to or arising out of any software malfunctions or website service interruption, including without limitation claims made by third parties related to your use of the site.
Jurisdiction: This Website is designed and maintained by Rukia Management from its offices in Jerusalem, Israel. Rukia Management makes no representations that materials in this Website are appropriate or available for use in other locations and those who choose to access this Website from other locations are solely responsible for compliance with any and all local laws to the extent local laws apply.
In particular, you should not construe anything on this Website as a promotion or solicitation for any product or use of any product that is not authorized by the laws and regulations of the place where you are located. No information or content from this Website may be downloaded, exported or re-exported, and no product purchased through this Website may be exported or re-exported, into (or to a national or resident of) any countries that are subject to export restrictions.
By visiting this website you agree that in all matters relating to this website, you shall be governed by the laws of Israel, and jurisdiction shall be given exclusively to the courts of Jerusalem. You may not use this website if law prohibits you from doing so in the country in which you reside. Each party agrees to the applicable governing law above without regard to choice or conflicts of law rules, and to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts above. Each party hereby waives any right to jury trial in connection with any action or litigation in any way arising out of or related to this Agreement.
Agreed Statute of limitations: Any cause of action or claim you may have with respect to Rukia Management must be commenced within one (1) year after the claim or cause of action arises.
No implied waiver: Rukia Management's failure to insist upon or enforce strict performance of any provision of this
Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right. Neither the course of conduct between the parties nor trade practice shall act to modify any provision of this Agreement. Rukia Management may assign its rights and duties under this Agreement to any party at any time without notice to you.
Notices: Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, all notices, permissions and approvals hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given upon: (i) personal delivery, (ii) the second business day after mailing, (iii) the second business day after sending by confirmed facsimile, or (iv) the first business day after sending by email (provided email shall not be sufficient for notices of termination or an indemnification claim). Notices to you shall be addressed to the system administrator designated by you for your relevant Services account, and in the case of billing-related notices, to the relevant billing contact designated by you.
Notices should be addressed to:
Rukia Management, Ltd.
Attn: Manager
Computer Fraud: Any unauthorized use of our computer systems is a violation of this Agreement and certain federal and state laws, including without limitation the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030 et seq.), relevant state statutes and the laws of the other states and territories of the USA. Such violations may subject the offender and his or her agents to civil and criminal penalties.
No Agency: Our relationship is that of independent contractors, and no agency, partnership, joint venture, employee-employer or franchiser-franchisee relations is intended or created by these Terms or your use of the site.
Severability: If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, the provision shall be modified by the court and interpreted so as best to accomplish the objectives of the original provision to the fullest extent permitted by law, and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect.
Entire Agreement: This Agreement, including all exhibits and addenda hereto, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, proposals or representations, written or oral, concerning its subject matter. No modification, amendment, or waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and either signed or accepted electronically by the party against whom the modification, amendment or waiver is to be asserted. However, to the extent of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions in the body of this Agreement and any exhibit or addendum hereto, the terms of such exhibit, addendum shall prevail.
Termination/ Access Restriction: These Terms of Use constitute the entire agreement between this site and you with respect to your use of this website. We may immediately terminate any user's access to or use of the site due to such user's breach of these Terms of Use or other unauthorized use of the site.
Modification of Terms of Use and Fees: We reserve the right to change the terms, notices, and conditions of services, of the Rukia Management website, including but not limited to, the services/sites offered, and the charges that you may incur in the future. It is solely your responsibility to regularly review these Terms of Use and the other Policies of the Rukia Management website, to ensure you are up to date with all the terms, conditions, and charges, associated with Rukia Management. Your continued use of the Rukia Management website, signifies your consent and agreement to all Rukia Management policies, terms, conditions, and notices. We reserve the right to add, modify or otherwise update the Terms of Use at any time and in our sole discretion. Modification notices will not be emailed out. It is your responsibility to check the updated date of this policy to review any revisions or modifications.


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Accounting Expertise
For Baker Tilly STREGO, accounting is not just about numbers. It is about being by your side and advising you every step of the way as you develop your business, whilst taking into account the constraints relating to your field of business.
Accounting: balance sheets and forecasts
Do you want a rigorous, available partner located close by so you can move forward with peace of mind? VSEs (craftspeople, traders), SMEs, associations, agricultural businesses and even auto-entrepreneurs, etc. Whatever the size and shape or your company, you have to keep financial accounts. This is the heart of our profession. We work with you to assist you with all accounting tasks so you can prepare your balance sheets and forecasts.
- Accounts and auditing
- Preparation of annual accounts
- Tax returns and income statements
Fizen Expert
Are you a VSE of freelancer who wants to manage your own accounts, in a need of helping hand, when it comes to accounting?
Fizen Expert is the solution for monitoring your company when you have no particular knowledge of accounting. This tool gives you access to numerous indicators and other e-learning tools that are crucial to run your business effectively, such as an invoicing module and an expense account module.
Wasting your time on expense accounts every month? We suggest Fizengo Expert for expense accounts, the leading application to manage your business expenses. From restaurant bills to mileage, the application allows you to save and synchronize your expenses and receipts using a simple step-by-step procedure.
It is not enough to simply keep good accounts to guarantee your business development and longevity. We offer tried-and-tested tools for both your daily tasks and key moments for your business. Our long-term partnership provides you with the tools to anticipate and manage your company in the best possible way.
- Dashboards, business plan, operations budget
- Determining cost price
- Business evaluation
Tax audit assistance
Have you received a request for information or are you being audited by the tax authorities? We offer technical assistance by preparing the items required and/or being physically present during auditing operations. We help you defend and safeguard your rights and ensure that your audit is carried out according to regulations.
Do you want to avoid additional fees while being audited by the tax authorities? We know that no one is immune from being audited and so we offer a plan where you can benefit for free from our services related to tax authority demands.

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text: Armstrong Community Music School remains committed to serving Austin by providing excellent music education opportunities to all. ACMS has been fortunate as an organization to maneuver most classes and lessons to an online format during the shelter in place period. This includes free programming provided at several locations serving many of Austin's most underserved populations as part of our Harmony Initiative. As a nonprofit organization ACMS always welcomes and seeks financial support to stay on track with the costs associated with keeping these commitments. Your unrestricted contribution ensures that ACMS will continue to provide these opportunities while offering stability for faculty and staff.


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The initiative that kick-started on July 21, 2016, has already donated 20,000 litres of water to aid farmers of Wadebolai village in Pune.
In the event of a severe water crisis in Maharashtra, Pune's Wadebolai village has turned totally arid. With the aim to solve the village's water shortage problem, leading telecom subscriber Vodafone India, came up with a unique out-of-home (OOH) initiative - rain water conservation billboards.
The Maharashtra and Goa circle of Vodafone, in partnership with Kinetic India, an out-of-home advertising agency, married the concepts of rain water harvesting with its idea of billboards to harvest rain water since July 21. This is being done by using five innovative billboards by means of a U-curved aluminum sheet as a rain water collection funnel on top of the billboards.
Somnath Sengupta, national creative director, Kinetic India, says, "At Kinetic, we always look forward to create new technologies and product design. Vodafone is one of the most innovative brands and always looks forward to help people with its services. It came forward to help farmers and the drought-affected areas to execute our idea of rain water harvesting. Even if half the number of billboards convert into Vodafone's rainwater harvesting service, we can help the farmers and several drought-affected areas in the region."
As part of the activity, the funnel is being channelled through a tube to a big tank installed at the bottom of each hoarding, which stores the collected rain water. In order to keep a check on the water level in the tank, each tank has been installed with a unique Vodafone SIM card-based water sensor technology. Once the tanks are full, an SMS is automatically sent out to the administration. The water collected in the tanks is then transferred to water tankers and taken to the farmers.
Five such innovative rain water harvesting billboards have been installed for this purpose at New Airport Road in Pune, along with five tanks attached to it. The tanks have a capacity of 2,000 litres, and have so far donated 20,000 litres of water to Wadebolai village.
Ashish Chandra, business head, Maharashtra and Goa, Vodafone India, says, "The state of Maharashtra has been dealing with water shortage since several years now. In the current scenario, every single drop of water is extremely precious. Rainwater, if harvested properly, can meet a large part of our requirements. By means of this initiative, we aim to do our bit in conserving this precious resource and help farmers in the areas facing a water crisis."
Vodafone India, a 100 per cent fully-owned subsidiary of the Vodafone Group Plc., commenced its operations across the country in 2007. Vodafone Business Services serves the needs of enterprises and the Government, by providing total telecommunications (Voice and Data) solutions across mobility and wireline platforms. It also owns the mobile wallet M-Pesa, a unique and innovative money transfer service that fosters financial inclusion.


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Web Exclusive
Dicamba users thread the needle
"There's actually far more at stake than just...a couple of herbicides."
"There's actually far more at stake than just...a couple of herbicides."
"There's actually far more at stake than just…a couple of herbicides."
By Larry Reichenberger
Soybean growers across the U.S. are the focus of a massive educational effort to prevent a repeat of the dicamba damage issues that occurred last season. The EPA estimates that 3.6 million acres of non-dicamba resistant soybeans were damaged last season when nearby dicamba-tolerant soybean varieties were sprayed with one of the three new formulations of that herbicide. More than 2,200 damage complaints were filed nationwide and sources estimate only 10-20% of the actual cases were reported. A repeat of this situation could result in the EPA refusing to renew the registrations of those products, which are up for review in November of 2018.
Last October, the EPA reached an agreement with Monsanto, Dupont and BASF to revise the labels of their respective products—XtendiMax, FeXapan, and Enginia. Those revisions include listing the products as Restricted Use Pesticides and requiring all users to complete a special dicamba-specific training program that outlines heightened regulations on application, timing and record keeping. Some states—including Arkansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Indiana and Tennessee have tightened regulations even more by establishing cut-off dates for use of the herbicides.
"The new label regulations and training programs are literally a last-ditch effort to save the dicamba-resistant technology," says Fred Whitford, director of pesticide programs at Purdue University. "This technology does a good job of controlling most herbicide-resistant weeds and to lose it would be a major blow. We want growers to understand how valuable it is and to appreciate the risks of off-target movement when it's used."
Whitford adds, however, that saving the dicamba-tolerant technology will also be a mighty task. "The label restrictions are extremely complex and complying with them will be very difficult, but it's important that we prevent a repeat of last year's problems."
The challenge of complying with new label regulations is highlighted by the name of Purdue's training program—dubbed 'Threading the Needle'. The effort will include nearly 80 one-hour educational programs presented from mid-January through February. Other states are launching similar efforts either on-line or as part of regular extension programing. While state ag departments or universities are handling training in many states, the three herbicide manufacturers themselves are doing training in others. In North Dakota, for example, Monsanto, DuPont and BASF are holding 90-minute training sessions at 17 locations. A list of the various training options can be found at www.roundupreadyextend.org., through local extension offices or from each state's department of agriculture.
The revised labels on the three products greatly restrict the times and conditions under which application can occur. The 2018 label restricts application in winds above 10 mph compared to last year's limit of 15 mph. A minimum wind speed of 3 mph is also mandated to reduce the chances of tiny spray droplets drifting on a temperature inversion. Application is also not permitted after sunset or before sunrise. Some states have gone on to broaden this nighttime restriction to include morning and evening hours, to limit application in temperatures above 80 and 85 degrees and when the weather forecast is for greater than a 50% chance of rain in the next 24 hours.
The label restrictions on these products have many questioning the practicality of using them for post-emerge weed control. Purdue weed scientist Joe Ikley analyzed last year's weather records for several locations in Indiana to illustrate the problem. "Using last year's weather records for the month of June from a station near the campus, we found applicators had 184 hours during the month when they could have legally sprayed under the 2017 label. However, under the more restrictive 2018 label there would have been only 44 hours available the entire month and only two days with 8 or more hours to legally spray. This presents an obvious challenge for applicators to get spraying done without violating the label," he says.
Tank contamination was judged to be a frequent cause of dicamba damage in 2017 so tank cleaning is another focus on the new label. Applicators are required to record when and how they clean the sprayer and to retain this record—and others—for up to two years. "There can be 35 to 40 gallons of liquid left in the tank, booms and plumbing of a 120-foot sprayer and only 8 ounces of that solution is enough to injure soybeans and one gallon would cause significant damage," says Whitford, who recommends the manual Removing Herbicide Residue from Agricultural Application Equipment from the Purdue extension service www.edustore.purdue.edu.
"There are many areas where a small amount of solution can escape when rinsing a sprayer," adds Whitford. "It can be caught behind a valve that wasn't opened, hide in the dead-end section of a wet-boom or build up on the screens. It can take more than an hour to clean nozzle screens, but we found that to be a frequent problem and there are indications that enough dicamba can soak into the rubber hoses used on most sprayers to damage soybeans."
Weed scientists generally agree that if applicators are able to comply with the new labels then problems with drift and tank contamination will be reduced. However, many are frustrated that the label changes don't address the threat that the products may volatilize to form a cloud of vapor perhaps days after application—a claim dismissed by the manufacturers. At the recent meeting of the North Central Weed Science Society, spokesmen from Monsanto, Syngenta and DuPont held to their position despite research information from several universities that indicated otherwise.
"In our research we found that vapor came off a field of soybeans sprayed with one of the dicamba formulations for up to 96 hours after application. The concentration was heaviest the evening after the field was sprayed, then it went down overnight only to increase again the next afternoon," says University of Missouri weed scientist Kevin Bradley.
Other research has shown volatilization to be greater above a crop canopy rather than the soil, that soil pH may be a factor in volatilization and that even a rain may not put an end to dicamba volatilization. Fear of the liability applicators may incur from wind and temperature conditions several days after an application is made have led Bradley and other weed scientists to recommend not using the herbicides for their primary purpose—as a post-emerge over-the-top application.
"The additional label restrictions and the training will help, but all parts of the industry have to acknowledge that volatility of these products also plays a role and we have to do something about it," says Bradley.
"There's actually far more at stake than just the registration of a couple of herbicides," adds Kevin Folta, University of Florida horticulture professor. "The inability to control damage from this herbicide—and the finger-pointing that has gone on in the industry— threatens to erode agriculture's social license, which is the freedom to operate based on trust that much of agriculture currently enjoys. There are environmental activists anxious to use situations like this to sow fear, uncertainty and doubt with the goal of banning all agricultural inputs."
UPDATE: January 24, 2018: Monsanto has announced nearly 250 training sessions sponsored by themselves, DuPont and BASF. The sessions span from Virginia to Arizona and from mid-January through March. Meanwhile, many states have also rushed to undertake the training–Kansas, for example, will have 32 meetings while Illinois will have 79 sessions. The time and location for this training is available on Monsanto's Roundup Ready Xtend website.
Training by Monsanto, DuPont or BASF is not an option in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. Those states require training by instate providers.
Arkansas has emerged as ground-zero for the dicamba debate. Last fall, that state's plant board recommended to the state legislature that the use of dicamba be banned between April 16 and October 31. The legislative council—which serves as the governing body when the state legislature is not in session—sent the proposed ban back to the plant board after Monsanto threatened to file suite to stop it. The plant board recently resubmitted the proposed ban and in mid-January the legislative council approved it. The claim that the ban is arbitrary and unfair to the state's growers is scheduled to be heard by a judge in Pulaski County, Arkansas in February.
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It's cool
And what planet is that with the little lakes? Not Ganymede, the other one, with the red tinge?
Sedna is redder than Mars
As promised here they are, but their is alot of them.
Quote from: Xriqxa on April 27, 2014, 08:23:38 AMIs this an accretion disk I see? yes
Is this an accretion disk I see? yes
Awwwww...... Can someone put more pictures? Challenge: take screenies that are better than Steve's.
Comets, Nebulae, Custom Planets and moons?
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Project DescriptionThis elegant dining table that seats 8 people is made from a slab of wood taken from an African Mahogany tree, bark edges and all. The table was sanded, 3 coats of polyurethane were applied and two coats of hard wax were added to finish off this piece. Two custom made steel legs were installed to top it off.
Project Location: Russell, Ohio


text: Alhambra & Generalife Master Plan 2007-2015 Drafted by 40 experts, the MP contains 154 measures organized around 4 strategic axes.: preservation, cultural landscape, sustainability, information society and knowledge. In the practical application of the MP, measures are the last link in the structure that contains the instructions to develop a concrete action, by forming an ordered system of multiple and open entries that establish a complex network of internal relations. Read more about Alhambra & Generalife Master Plan 2007-2015Log in to post comments


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Now that the London Olympic games are over, there will be millions of poeple around the globe interested in enhancing their own fitness levels and perhaps compete in local sports competitions. We've had a fantastic summer for sports with the inclusion of The European Football Championships. There is an upward trend for those looking to get into fitness. However, the colder … [Read more...]
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Art… The only human concept Robots couldn't calculate.
Humanity is enslaved. The Robots rule the surface. Giles is a director/playwright/human and is given a chance to leave the mines by helping the Robots calculate art. It's not going to be easy, and it's a lot to compute…
A Tragicomedy about the redemption of humanity, written by Travis Cotton and performed by GradCo Studio.
"Robots Vs. Art is certainly a bit of fun" Kate Herbert, Herald Sun
"Robots Vs Art could easily become a Comedy Festival hit. Check it out." – Cameron Woodhead, Sydney Morning Herald
Directed by Sean Foster
Featuring Aimee Lodge, Cassius Russel, Heaven-Cheyenne Campbell and Natanyah Forbes
Music and scoring composed by Paris Change.
Travis Cotton's comedy hit Robots Vs. Art is a play about robots trying to make theatre. Directing this hilarious play will be Sean Foster making his directorial debut! Sean has been a member of GradCo.Studio since 2018, and you may remember him from GCS's 2018 Fringe Show Hannah, in the knockout performance of Luke. The play will be performed with a completely original soundtrack composed by Paris Change, also a member of GradCo.Studio. Paris has written and composed music for a number of theatre pieces and though his music is unique, it is perfectly suited to the projects he takes on.
A note from the Director
"My vision for the play is to make it feel epic and cinematic, a majority of the theatre I see tends to not make as much use of music as films do. This play allows us to get away with that, because it wants us to suspend our disbelief a little bit more than normal. I hope audiences will walk away thinking that this play is hilarious, but then not be able to sleep because they're afraid of their smart watch."
Robots Vs. Art was performed at the Emerging Artist Sharehouse (Erskineville Town Hall) from September 3-7, 2019.


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Illinois State Police will shut down ramps from Washington Street in Peoria to Main Street in East Peoria as well as the Murray Baker Bridge around 9:15 Friday night. They will remain closed until 10:30 depending on traffic congestion.
ISP District 8 Sergeant Dustin Pierce says state police have enforced this traffic pattern for years. But he says it's important to remind people they cannot stop on the interstate to watch the fireworks.
"We'll have squad cars that are constantly patrolling back and forth to keep people from stopping. We've had cars stop right in the middle of the interstate on the bridge before to try to watch the fireworks. So, (it's) definitely completely unsafe and illegal to do so."
Pierce says it's also illegal for people to stop in traffic crash re-construction sites to watch the fireworks. He also reminds motorists to plan ahead and have a designated driver if they plan to drink over the holiday weekend.


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There's nothing like a royal wedding for boosting advertising and indeed commerce in general, precisely because it stimulates both royalists and republicans to splash the cash.
ITV is expecting its revenues to be up by 19 per cent in April as wedding hysteria steadily builds up to the big day at the end of the month. Major retailers from Tesco to Selfridges are expecting big returns as people take advantage of the Easter break followed by the four-day party extravaganza round the wedding date.
So with ad bookings piling in for ITV, the network can look forward to rejoining the FTSE next month after a strong return to profitability and an eight per cent rise in ad revenue in the first three months of 2011.
So, much joy for ITV chief executive Adam Crozier and chairman Archie Norman , and a good platform for recently appointed commercial chief Fru Hazlitt, who seems to have got her timing just about right.
At the same time holiday group Thomas Cook, still reeling from the effects of the unrest in Tunisia and Egypt, which has seen holidays cancelled to the tune of £20 million, is banking on increased business from republicans who just won't be able to stomach the wedding madness.
The company reckons there'll be an extra 100,000 travellers using its services to escape the UK that week in search of foreign parts where the wedding will be of minimal interest.
No doubt other travel companies will be following suit and targeting consumers who find royalty rather resistable.


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Can someone enlighten me to how this comes apart? Got the seal kit from Brian and already got the cylinder done but there is nothing in the book that shows how this comes apart
Tf hydraulic control disassembly?
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I can't tell from the picture but most control valve have a threaded bore that will allow the guts to come out through the control lever end. If you clean it up a small recess should be around that end, we used to get them out by tapping with a punch. Not sure if this valve is similar, just thinking aloud.
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That's Great! Can you fill us in on how you got it apart?
Posted November 19, 2015 - 06:22 PM
Just a screw in the end then the spool pulls out the lever end.
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Latin Name: Leontopithecus rosalia
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Range and Habitat: Humid coastal rain forests canopies in Eastern Brazil
Captive/Wild Lifespan: About 30 years.
Gestation: About 125– 132 days twins will be born.
Diet: Omnivore– mostly fruits and tree sap with a lot of insects, lizards, snail and birds. Even birds eggs.
Adaptations: Family care of the newborns is shared by the whole family. Older siblings and both adults take turns caring the babies, as they will not move around on their own for the first 3 months.
IUCN Status: Endangered 2008
Conservation: Habitat loss protection is the main focus while maintaining a healthy breeding population in captivity in the event of extinction.
Did you Know: They have multiple communication sounds many of which sound like bird squeaks and chatter. The adults pair bond.
Here at the CMC Zoo: Chester and Paige are our two resident GLT. Chester was born on March, 3 1998 and came to us in June of 2001. Paige is a little younger being born on March 6, 2010 and came to us in July 2013. Chester is a skeptical of new people but once he has decided to trust you he is very friendly. They both enjoy Meal worms and will often catch Butterflies to snack on in their exhibit.


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By Mike Brewster
It's hard to imagine that before he founded the Holiday Inn motel chain, travelers had few places to spend a night on the road
In the early 1950s, a new Interstate Highway system, cheap gasoline, big cars, and prohibitively expensive air travel meant that even millionaires packed up the family and took to the road for driving vacations. It was summer, 1951, when Kemmons Wilson, one of Memphis' most well-known businessmen, left on a two-week trip to Washington, D.C., with his wife and five children.
A highly successful real estate agent and homebuilder, Wilson was famous in Memphis for constructing bigger and better houses than his competitors, but charging similar prices. One of his pet phrases — "The space in the middle of a house doesn't cost anything" — explained his common-sense approach to both building houses and life in general.
That's why Wilson was particularly galled at the $2-per-child surcharge that roadside motels commonly attached to his bill on that fateful trip. The room was already rented, Wilson reasoned. Why should it cost more if a few kids are running around the space in the middle? At the end of the vacation, Wilson told his wife he was going to start his own hotel chain.
EVERYBODY STAYS THERE. The result was Holiday Inn motels, the roadside home-away-from home for millions that ushered in the modern hotel era and popularized the roadside perks that Americans have come to love (albeit take for granted): air conditioning in every room, free parking, free ice, in-room phones, rates by the room and not the number of people, and high cleanliness standards.
While the chain has seen its ups and down depending on the fickle taste of the U.S. vacationer and business traveler, more than 1,000 Holiday Inns today dot byways in all 50 states and in more than 50 countries. According to the company, 96% of Americans have stayed in a Holiday Inn at least once.
Wilson was born in Osceola, Ark., in 1913. His father died when Kemmons was still an infant and his mother, Doll Wilson, took a job as a dental assistant in Memphis. Wilson's future entrepreneurialism was fueled by early necessity. In fact, his most amazing accomplishment may have come when he was 20. As the Great Depression hit, Doll Wilson lost her job, and her son quit school to try selling popcorn and soda.
MUSIC MAN. When that didn't get him very far, Wilson borrowed $50 from a good friend to buy his own popcorn machine, which he set up in a movie theater lobby. By 1933 — the very nadir of the Depression — Wilson had saved enough ($1,700) from selling popcorn that he purchased a house for Doll and himself to live in.
Jukeboxes were the entrepreneur's next frontier. He purchased the local Wurlitzer franchise, prospered, and started buying lots and building houses. Upon deciding to build his motels, Wilson filched the "Holiday Inn" moniker from a 1942 Bing Crosby film of the same name. Wilson employed his homebuilding experience to immediate effect. He chose ideal locations for the first four Holiday Inns, all in Memphis.
The first, which opened in 1952 just off a two-lane highway on the outskirts of the town, charged $6 per night. Wilson's business contacts throughout the state translated into wildfire growth. By 1959 100 were in operation, and at the chain's peak in 1975 1,700 Holiday Inns were spread around the world.
"I'LL TAKE THE REST." As the 1970s and 1980s wore on and companies began to value and appeal to the "middle market," that vast area that most people and companies fall under, Wilson had long figured out that most people wanted simplicity, quality, and low-cost. The Economist quoted him in 2003 as once saying, "You can cater to rich people, and I'll take the rest. The good Lord made more of them."
All the while, Wilson started other companies, such as theater and real estate concerns, under the rubric Kemmons Wilson Cos., to sell to this same customer base. Wilson eventually sold the Holiday Inn franchise in 1990. Today, all five of his children participate in Kemmons Wilson Cos., headquartered in Memphis.
Though Wilson never did get that high school degree, he nonetheless gave his most famous public statement when he was invited late in life to speak at a commencement ceremony at the school. "I really don't know why I'm here," Wilson said. "I never got a diploma, and I've only worked half-days my entire life. I guess that's my advice to you. Work half-days every day. And it doesn't matter which half, the first half or the second half."
Wilson died at his home in Memphis on Feb. 11, 2003. A short anecdote told by a friend at Wilson's funeral service summed him up best. Wilson, who flew 65 mission as a World War II pilot, was asked by a friend why he gone ahead and volunteered. His response: "I don't think they can win that war without me."


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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Abducted by Readathon Recovery!
Posted by Bittner at 12:25 PM
6 comments:
- Andrea @ The Overstuffed Bookcase said...
Great job Courtney! I know you wanted to read 500 pages, but I still think you did an awesome job!
And yes, it's definitely recovery time! This was a really fun event! Thanks for introducing me to it (well, you and Kate)!
- April 22, 2012 at 1:57 PM
- Kate @Midnight Book Girl said...
Yeah, I kind of decided against doing a Sunday in Bed With... post today, it seemed silly after readathon, but I still have a huge stack of books to get to. Which is fine, since I'm doing Danse Macabre's Spring Into Horror Readathon this week.
You did do a great job though! And seriously, we loved having your coasters, it really was as if you were there in spirit, but next April will be a million times better!!
- April 22, 2012 at 2:34 PM
- Kimberly @ Midnight Book Girl said...
Finishing 3 books is no small feat! I decided not to do the sunday post too, but I am planning on reading today after I finish returning comments! I'm glad to hear that you and Andrea are going together for part of the next readathon! Seriously it's so much fun!!!
- April 22, 2012 at 2:58 PM
- Kimberly @ Midnight Book Girl said...
Geographic tongue is indeed real, and it's weird. It only effects 3% of the population. This means I'm special ;)
- April 22, 2012 at 4:03 PM
- Alexis @ Reflections of a Bookaholic said...
Wow looks like you had a very productive bookish day :)
- April 23, 2012 at 12:53 AM
- fakesteph said...
I love readathon! What a fun event. I need to go comment back everyone who commented on my blog, but I'm still so tired!
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The content of this study guide was first published as a series of posts on this blog.
The posts were written in preparation for my VCAP5-DCA exam and are based on the official VMware Blueprint. At the time I started writing; other great Study guides were available, although most of these guides were based on the VCAP4-DCA exam.
The posts had to meet the following goals:
- Based on the official Blueprint, follow the objectives as close as possible.
- Refer to the official VMware documentation as much as possible. For that reason, every Objective starts with one or more references to the VMware documentation.
- In case the official documentation is not available or not complete, provide an alternative.
- Write down the essence of every objective (the Summary part).
- If necessary, provide additional explanation, instructions, examples and references to other posts. All this without providing too much information.
I hope all this will help you in your preparation for your exam. I welcome your comments, feedback and questions.
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Artist's description:
Original, modern palette knife palette knife painting, with thick impasto oil paint layers.
Title: Sunflowers
Size: 12"x24"x ¾ Inches
Materials: Artist quality oil paints, Gallery Wrapped, Back Stapled Canvas. Sides are painted black, no frame required.
Unframed and wired, ready to hang.
Certificate of Authenticity Included.
Painting is signed on front and signed & dated on the back.
Domestic shipping is by USPS with tracking.
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: Yes, I do ship internationally. As rates are different for different sizes of painting, I can't tell ahead how much it will cost. Please feel free to contact me for an international shipping quote. Purchaser is responsible for customs fees in their own country
I will refund purchase price (less shipping) if you return it to me at your own expense within two weeks of purchase.
I retain all rights to digital and print reproduction.
Artist Statement: "God respects me when I work, but He loves me when I sing". ~ R. Tagore. Art is my song and a palette knife is my - "Bandmaster's Stick"OLena Art - My palette knife oil impasto textured technique has emerged as my favorite medium for the present moment. I also enjoy working with my fresco style paintings, abstracts, photography and wood Intarsia projects.
I believe the ability to perceive Beauty brings inner peace and clarity. BEAUTY, TRUTH AND GOODNESS are ONE. Creation is possible when that inner peace is attained. When this happens, it can manifest itself outside in different forms including art.
As John Updike said: "The artist brings something into the world that did not exist before, and they do it without destroying anything else."
The art that has been created does even more. It transforms everything around it with its energy. It heals.
– Lena Owens
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Tall Sunflower (2014)
Painting by OLena Art - Lena Owens
$288 Sold
- Painting on Canvas
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- Size: 12 x 24 x 0.75 in (unframed) / 12 x 24 in (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
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Hi! It's me, Andrew Girardin. As you know, I'm the world's number one expert on Emotional Intelligence, online dating, and snarkasm. But I wasn't always like this. I had a mentor. It's this guy:
My name is Handrew. I taught Andrew everything he knows. If you're reading his blog, you must be an appalling human being, so you qualify for my help too.
Lesson One: Know Yourself
Listen to Handrew:
"The first thing we need to do is put you in your Quadrant. Quadrants are the jargon I made up to describe your personality type. Simply answer these questions:
"Question 1. You see a spider. Do you:
a) Pull its wings off
b) Tickle it till it's bald
c) Instagram it then eat it?
"Question 2. On a scale of one to ten, how self-aware are you?
a) One.
b) Ten.
c) Is one high or low?
"Final question. You are in Coca Cola headquarters. In front of you is a yellowing scrap of paper with the secret recipe on it. If you read it, you'll know the biggest secret in the world, but the executives of that company will dedicate their lives to making you miserable.
1) Read it. I want to know the secret.
2) Read it. Being hounded by a corporation would give my life meaning.
3) Tl:dr. Lol.
"Now, check your results on this chart."
You answered...
Mostly A
Your personality type is BLUE.
Blue people have a strong need for people to like and respect them. They feel sad reading the previous sentence. They are more likely than average to over-condiment their food.
Mostly B
Your personality type is RED.
Reds often have goals and dreams that are unrealistic. They react violently to flies and mosquitoes. They are more likely than average to have a favourite letter.
Mostly 3
Your personality type is SQUIRREL.
Squirrels are their own worst critics and hate the way their voice sounds on tape. They are more likely than average to use the word plebiscite. Their fur is soft and silky.
Mostly OTHER
Your personality type is DIVERGENT.
Divergents have one leg longer than the other, but enjoy jogging or hiking nonetheless. Their personalities exhibit elements of the other three - sometimes they transform into PURPLE SQUIRRELS, causing obvious friction.
"Great! Now that we know your personality type, we can start deleting everything that's holding you back and reprogram you. Don't be afraid - it's easier than changing from Apple to Samsung!"
Coming soon: Part 2


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Effient Side Effects: Cancer Tumors and Adverse Bleeding
UPDATED: June 19, 2018
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Triton-Timi 38 is the name of the study that put Effient on the map again a year after its much-publicized release – but this time in a bad way. The study, funded by Eli Lilly and Daiichi Sankyo, yielded new data that was not available at the time the research began: Effient produced a much higher risk of bleeding events over Plavix, the chief brand-name anti-platelet competitor on the market. Further, Effient was associated with higher and higher numbers of solid tumor incidences – with cancers of the colon, lung, and prostate being by far the most prevalent.
This isn't to say that Plavix was a side effect-free drug. Its side effect profile carries an associated risk of solid-state tumors and bleeding events as well. Any anti-platelet drug will carry some adverse bleeding side effects – and because every human body is different, the more people that take a drug, the greater the variety of effects that can occur – some with tragic consequences. If you or a loved one has been injured by Effient, you may have legal remedies and be able to recover monetary damages. Seek an experienced Effient attorney today in order to exercise your legal rights to recovery.
Check out the following articles for more information about Effient, filing an Effient lawsuit, and finding an Effient attorney.
- For more information about Effient, see Effient Overview: Effient Claims & Effient Injuries
- For more information on Effient risks, see Effient Warning: Effient Side Effects and Risks
- To learn more about Effient warnings, see Effient Information and Warnings
- To learn more about Effient lawsuits, see Effient Lawsuits, Litigation & Lawyers
- To learn more about Effient attorneys, and how to find one, see Effient Attorneys and Lawyers – How to Hire


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The Symposium Program committee is charged with assessing member educational needs; developing a Symposium educational event to address those needs; assessing the extent to which those needs are met; and, otherwise contributing to the educational mission of the Academy.
The Committee shall consist of at least 5 Academy members appointed by the President. One shall serve as Chairman for a period not to exceed two years. One or more members shall serve as Vice-Chairmen, each with specific programmatic responsibilities. Members shall be appointed for initial terms of 2 years. No member shall serve more than 3, two-year terms.
The Chairman shall have overall responsibility for and shall direct the activities of the Committee, reporting directly to the President. The Chairman shall convene and preside at all meetings of the Committee. The Chairman shall submit written status reports for all meetings of the Board of Directors and at such other times as the President may direct. The Chairman shall be responsible for submitting appropriate documentation to the Budget committee to secure annual funding and is responsible for assuring operations are consistent with the approved budget.
Vice Chairmen
There shall be not less than one Vice Chairman appointed by the President who shall perform such specific duties, as the Chairman shall direct. The term of office of Vice Chairmen is one year, though there is no limit on the number of terms one may serve in that position. It is the intent that the position of Vice Chairman shall be utilized to "train" or "prepare" individuals in that position for possible future service as Chairman. In the recent past the Vice Chairman has been given the specific responsibility of organizing the Pre Symposium Workshops and the Poster Presentation Session. In addition, the Vice Chairman assists the Chairman in such other areas as may be requested.
Scope of Work
The Symposium is the single most important educational event of the Academy. It also represents the greatest single source of income and expense of the Academy and involves the greatest investment of staff time during the year. As result, the work of the Committee is considered vital to the overall financial health of the Academy in any given year. The Board of Directors and Leadership take a keen interest in the Committee's activities and in the results of its efforts as reflected in the Annual Symposium program produced each year.


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Summary: Fundraising tips on how to boost your sales by setting goals, defining your customers, and using a well-honed sales pitch. Use these tips in your fundraising and watch your sales soar. Don't waste a fundraising opportunity due to no sales script.
12 Fundraising Sales Secrets
How do you maximize your fundraising sales?
Here are twelve fundraising sales tips from my book, Fundraising Success:
1) Emphasize setting a personal challenge goal
Have sellers make a commitment to be their group or sub-group's best salesperson.
Structure their sales efforts to emphasize achievement, not failure.
2) Sellers state their solo goal out loud
By publicly stating what you'll accomplish to your peer group, you've reinforced the commitment.
Who wants to say publicly that they'll fail to achieve?
3) Make a prospect list
All sellers should make a list of prospective customers before they start.
Review it and make sure they have at least ten targets.
4) Define your best customers
Stick to the people you know – friends, relatives, neighbors, etc.
Don't forget co-workers and out-of-town contacts for your major fundraisers.
5) Rehearse the sales pitch
Have everyone practice your group's sales pitch at home.
Fine tune your two-sentence value proposition and make sure that every seller uses it.
6) Be armed and dangerous
Be prepared.
Sellers should carry their order form and sales materials wherever they go.
You never know when a good prospect will emerge!
7) Smile and introduce yourself
Remind all your sellers to smile and introduce themselves before launching into their two-sentence pitch.
8) Use the power of "because"
Use the word "because" when stating the group's goal and your first request for help.
It's an extremely potent trigger word.
"We need your help because our band needs new uniforms."
9) Ask for the order
Always include a direct request for an order in your sales script after the because statement.
"Can you help us meet our goal?"
10) Personalize by picking favorites
Tell each seller to find one or two items that they like and then promote those enthusiastically.
"These green ones are great."
11) Ask for more business
After the initial order is placed or the first offer is declined, offer supplemental items for more revenue, or ask for referrals, etc.
Ask these questions:
"Can I show you another program we're offering because it's a great deal too?"
"Can you think of anyone else I should contact?"
12) Make it easy to buy
Do everything you can to make buying your offering easier. Offer to fill out the form yourself.
Remind the prospect that a certain item makes a good gift or that it's all for a good cause.
Follow these twelve fundraising sales tips and you'll maximize your fundraising sales success.


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Adelaide Oval SMA / QTHC Employment Program
Imagine yourself working at some of the biggest events in South Australia
Do you want to work at the Adelaide Oval??
Fast-paced, action-packed roles including Front of House, Kitchen and Retail
We have hundreds of positions available and we will train you to ensure you have up to date qualifications and necessary skills.
The opportunities presented through this offer will be beneficial for your career advancement.
High performing candidates who contribute to our successful team culture will be considered for multiple full time positions.
Selected applicants need to successfully complete a two week induction program, held at Adelaide Oval.
There will be guaranteed employment for candidates who successfully complete.
Upon successful completion of the pre-employment training graduates will be offered employment at Adelaide Oval or assisted in gaining an position in a hospitality establishment.
This program is completely free and includes the following fully accredited units:
SITHFAB201 Responsible Service of Alcohol
SITXFSA101 Use hygienic practices for Food Safety
This induction program also includes the below key components:
Service Excellence
Tourism Ambassador
Free information sessions will be held on both the 27th and 28th September 2017, with sessions at 10.00am and 2:00pm on each day at Adelaide Oval. Eligibility criteria apply*
Applicants must be over 18 and not enrolled in school
Be unemployed or under employer (under 17 hours per week)
You must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or live in South Australia with full work rights with no Visa conditions/restrictions
Please bring a pen, copies of certificates if you have any. Dress as if you are attending an interview.


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| 7.8°C Belfast
England footballer Andy Carroll has been interviewed by gardai after a photographer was allegedly assaulted in Dublin.
The striker was with West Ham club team-mates in the city for a weekend Christmas party after beating Chelsea in the English Premier League on Saturday.
Carroll, 23, denies any wrongdoing.
A spokesman for the Garda press office said officers received a report of an incident at 2.30am on Monday.
A press photographer claimed he had been assaulted in Grafton Street. Officers at the city's Pearse Street station are investigating the incident.
It is understood members of the West Ham football team were spoken to by gardai following reports of an assault. No arrests were made, the Garda spokesman said.
A West Ham spokesman denied that Carroll had been involved in a physical confrontation with a photographer.
"Andy Carroll was in Dublin as part of a social trip with full permission of the management team," the club said.
"Andy agreed to have a number of pictures taken at the request of a photographer who was waiting on the street. Despite this, the photographer then carried on taking photos in the close proximity of Andy and was politely asked to stop by the private security team working on the trip.
"When he then continued taking more photos he was restrained by the security team for Andy's safety. Eyewitnesses state at no point was there any physical contact between Andy and the photographer."


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Hat tip to Ryan Holiday for his book The Obstacle is the Way, which served as inspiration for this discussion. This post was co-authored with Nina Ho, a student entrepreneur and writer at the University of Texas.
"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way." — Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius was a Roman Emperor and philosopher of Stoicism – a practical philosophy that helps one deal with the complexity and randomness of life. Stoicism does this by promoting the power of perspective as a means for transcending negative emotions and the consequences of those emotions. The powerful takeaway from Aurelius' quote is that "misfortune" is ultimately a relative concept. The labels of "good" and "bad" attributed to an event largely lie in the mind's interpretation of the event. Thus, difficulties, trials, and challenges – "what stands in the way" – is the way to move forward in life.
Essentially, Aurelius is speaking about "reframing" – an idea found in Stoicism, Buddhism, and positive psychology. Reframing is a cognitive tool that helps individuals reinterpret a situation, find the value in that situation, and develop logical action steps to maximize the outcomes.
This lesson of reframing obstacles is valuable to college students because college and life are fraught with challenges and misfortune. This holds even truer for the entrepreneurial journey. By embracing and reframing these obstacles, individuals can create opportunities from events that may be out of their control. Here are some reasons why student "obstacles" are actually unrecognized advantages, especially for entrepreneurial pursuits.
1. You possess the student card.
As a general rule of thumb, the majority of people want to help college students. They rememberthe personal and professional exploration that came with their time in school. Many professionals will respond positively if you can effectively communicate your "ask", respect their time, and follow through. Upon graduating, however, the world is less likely to open doors for you, so take advantage of your student status now.
[As a meta-example, I'm co-authoring this post with Cam because I reached out to him sophomore year using the student card. This relationship provided the foundation for me to pitch him on the idea of a summer internship position with 3DS. As a result, I got the chance to work alongside the 3DS Global Team and spent the summer writing about student entrepreneurship, performing international outreach, and helping shape 3DS' corporate brand identity.]
An added bonus of leveraging the student card is that people like you more when they help you, not necessarily the other way around. (Psychologists called this phenomenon the Ben Franklin effect.) That means that asking for help early on, non-invasively of course, is a great way to build rapport with industry professionals before you even graduate.
Beyond student status, using your student card is about extracting as much value from your university experience as possible. Whether that means finding scholarship money to study abroad or taking a difficult class for the skill it offers and not the grade, college is an optimal time and place to seek out personal growth through life-affirming experiences.
2. The world expects little out of you.
Secondly, similar to the theme of college exploration, at no other time in your life will youth and inexperience have such low repercussions. In other words, college is the starting line of your professional career, and your "job" at this point is simply to make decent grades. While low expectations and being nameless may sound like barriers, they are actually marks of freedom. As a college student, you have the ability to risk big without fear of jeopardizing social or professional status. You're allowed to make less-than-perfect decisions, learn from those mistakes, and adjust your course.
Furthermore, a lack of awareness about limits, not knowing what can and cannot be accomplished, can represent an asset for creative problem-solving. Creativity and innovation are byproducts of being open-minded, and young people tend to be more open-minded since "habits and prejudices" have yet to solidify. [1] The connection between youth and innovation is supporting evidence of why the Facebooks and Googles of the world had founders in their early twenties. This goes to show that naïveté and ignorance may not always deserve their negative connotations.
3. Grades matter less than you think.
We're not saying that grades are unimportant – GPA definitely matters for professional tracks including law, medicine, or consulting. Grades also teach the value of self-discipline and a strong work ethic. Most careers, however, care more about the skill sets you bring to an organization than the grades you made in college, especially those that are entrepreneurial in nature.
Here's how we see it. Grades function as the currency of universities. This is how students "keep score" and maneuver within the system. Skill sets and abilities, however, function as the currency of the professional world. Successful individuals are those who can transfer the lessons learned from the pursuit of high marks to the pursuit of real-world skills. Awareness of this reality gives you an open lane to get a head start on acquiring and fine-tuning your craft. While your peers are chasing an expiring currency, you have the opportunity to invest in yourself and your future.
[1] The Wall Street Journal's Fleeting Youth, Fading Creativity


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| 11.5°C Belfast
A motorist has told how he cheated death after the van he was driving plunged 30ft into a deep roadside lake.
The incident happened at a sharp corner of the Longlands Road near the village of Donemana, Co Tyrone, on Thursday evening.
It is the second time a vehicle has plunged into the water in the past two months.
Driver Stephen McLaughlin, a self-employed electrician, described how he was just seconds from death in the cold water.
He told how, as he and a colleague were returning home from work, the Renault Partner van he was driving started to slide at the rear as he rounded a sweeping corner.
As Mr McLaughlin tried to recover control, the vehicle swerved and left the road before hurtling down the steep embankment into the lake known locally as the duck pond.
"All I remember is trying to pull the van out of a skid, and the next thing we knew was that we could feel the water all around our feet and legs," Mr McLaughlin said.
"My window got smashed in the impact, and my friend managed to smash his window with his elbow to escape.
"The van seemed to bob about in the water for a while before it sank.
"We just swam for the bank - we didn't feel anything under our feet until we reached the very edge (of the lake).
A diver and a recovery team were yesterday working at the scene of the accident on the Longlands Road, and the road between Donemana and Claudy was closed during the recovery operation last night.
The incident came just a month after Dungiven father-of-three Emmett Teggart broke free from his sinking jeep when it left the road and then plunged into the same lake at the same spot.
At the time, Mr Teggart described using his headrest, which he removed, to smash the window of his vehicle after recalling advice published in the wake of the Buncrana Pier tragedy.
Local man James Gamble - who rushed to the aid of the crash victim - said that the driver told him he had only managed to escape from the sinking vehicle thanks to advice he had read in the wake of the Co Donegal pier drowning tragedy.
Mr Gamble added: "The driver (Mr Teggart) told me that he had pulled his head-rest from (out of) the seat and used it to smash the window of the jeep and escape."
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Student Life
Currently, the college ranks No.1 for its graduates who pass the National Entrance Examination for post-graduate qualification. Xinlian students won repeated successes on national competitions such as the Mechanical Design and Manufacturing awards and Automation awards, which have continuously won the first prize for 6 years on the "National Higher-education Cup of Mapping Technology and Innovation Contest" and ranking 17th throughout all of China. Xinlian has also won 60 first place prizes at the nationwide or provincial level competitions.
Student Housing
Students come from all over China to study at the college, housing are a big part of the current campus, students enrolled usually spend most of their time on campus, with long visits to their homes during the Lunar New Year festival.
Student Clubs & Associations
90 societies and associations were formed by students of Xinlian that focuses on academics, sciences, environment protection, physics, fine-arts, music, and social wellness. All these societies allowed students to work together, interact, self-educate, manage trial projects that mimics the real-world while achieving personal growth. These societies also sparked additional titles the college has won for 5 years straight, they are the "Volunteer of excellence award" for Zhengzhou–Kaifeng Marathon race, and the "Cooperative excellence of partnership" for the race in 2016, the "Social Practice award" in the three-country side, "Excellent of service awards", "Best Organizer Award", and the "Campus Voice" singing contest at Henan Finals.
Other Student Awards
Students have continuously won 21 first prizes for 8 years in the Henan Provincial Teaching Skills Competition, ranking No.1 among similar institutions. Students from the Preschool Education Majors also participated in the National Nursery Teacher Qualification Test, and the passing rate was 96%, ranking No.1 among similar institutions. What's more, students also won the second prizes for the National Mathematical Modeling Contest, the first prize for the National English Speech Competition in Henan Province, the special award for the 3rd BEAP Conference. 76% passing rate for CET Band 4 and 35% passing rate for CET Band 6 and, meanwhile, the passing rate of students from the English of Translation and Interpretation Major (ETI) is 97.3%. Graduates from Xinlian performed very well on various screening tests like teacher-enrollment, public servants recruitment, graduates selection, college-graduate ambassadors, volunteers for Western-region Service Plans and more, the current employment rate of Xinlian graduates rises up to 95%.