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The Most Practical Horse Racing Tips Shared
If you're into horse racing, your head's probably spinning with hundreds upon hundreds of horse racing tips that will add money to your still somewhat voluminous bankroll. Well, you can go on ahead and fill your head up with odds, statistics, and information by the buckets. Don't forget, though, that with practicality, comes sweet success.
One – This might sound somewhat sexist, but don't bet on female horses – that is, fillies and mares. Take a look at horse racing records from the past few years and you'll see that only geldings and colts ever win. This works on any kind of bet. Let history speak for itself.
Two –No matter how many times you call your horse race betting a 'hobby', it will always be gambling, no matter what. And because it is gambling, be very careful that you don't make a habit out of it. You've heard the horror stories of gambling addicts, so don't be one of them. Know that winning streaks will not last forever. You'll always win some and lose some. Most of all, know where to draw the line. Quit while you're still ahead.
Three – Of course, you like the idea of horse racing systems doing all the work for you. Who doesn't? Before you invest everything you own in one system, however, remember that you won't know if it will work for you until it does. Just because it worked for your friend, Bubba doesn't mean it'll work for you. Don't plunge into a system blindly. Start with small stakes, and if the system proves promising, progress into bigger stakes. Doing otherwise is a disaster waiting to happen.
Four – Look before you leap. Rushing into races head on is definitely not a good idea. You'll end up with an empty bank, if you're not careful.
Five – Be the ultimate observer. Look carefully to spot any trends and patterns that could help you. You don't want to miss anything that's been right under your nose all along.
Six – If you are betting on horses online it´s very important to do a good research before you choose your online casino. Check for reviews, bonuses and what type of games they are offering. I usually place my bets via AllPro and I am very happy with them.
Indeed, when it comes to horse racing, it's often wise to start with what's painfully obvious, but easily ignored.
The Champion Horse, Deconstructed
Are you looking at the best horse racing tips? You should be if you want to be a skilled punter. Betting on the big games is fun, and it's very fast paced. You get to see horses and jockeys riding hard, going the extra mile…it's beautiful, really.
But the bigger point here is that you need to look at how a champion horse actually comes to life. That's what this article is all about.
First and foremost, all Thoroughbred horses have the same birthday, and they are always born on January 1st. If we're talking about horses in the Southern Hemisphere, then it's August 1st. Either way, you have a standardized birthday. There's also something to be said about the racing itself. Horses are considered ready to go at a year old, which means that training will begin in earnest. Male and female horses are both considered fit for racing.
Some animal rights activists worry about these horses, but there's no need for real alarm. This is a breed of horse that's been bred from the beginning to run on the tracks. If you're looking at the sport in depth, there is some tragedy involved. Some horses hit the track and they just don't make it. A broken leg can mean the end of what looks like an otherwise promising career. That's not a good thing at all.
However, there's something to be said about looking closer at the trainers and owners involved. Generally speaking, it costs a lot of money to raise and train horses. You have to really know what you're doing. There is a reason why only a certain number of teams seem to be in the horse racing world for very long. The sheer cost to shelter great horses can be staggering. This is something that you do because you love it, you have the money for it, or you have someone that can sponsor your efforts.
The horses themselves are a wildcard as well. Not only do they have to survive training, but they have to be able to get ridden by just about any jockey at any time. Your jockey also has to be very good. The jockeying world is predominantly male, but there are female jockeys out there.
Speed is everything, but some in the industry are asking in general what the price is for all of that speed and all of that light weight. There are some horses that are a ticking time bomb in terms of health. Is that right? Perhaps not.
There's always tweaks being made to the horse breeding cycle, in hopes that the next wave will create more beneficial features. Officials have mixed feelings on this, and rules are always in flux. But the benefits are just too good to pass up.
Thinking on all of this will definitely make you a better punter. Be sure that you at least look around some real horse racing portals to get more information.


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dezertracer13 posted a topic in Creation PCUT Cutting Plotter Support RequestsLet me start off by saying hello and thank you for a great forum. I have learned quite a lot from reading countless posts. That being said I have a problem of my own that I cannot seem to fix. I recently acquired a used pcut 630 that I was told worked great when I got it. After getting it home I turned it on for the first time to verify the settings, I tried to turn the feed rollers by pushing the up and down arrows on the keypad and the rollers don't turn either direction, there is only a humming noise coming from the stepper motor. I increased the cut speed to 090 and the rollers would only move above one step and the motor would hum again. If I decrease the cut speed to 010 the rollers don't move at all and the humming is quieter. The feed rollers can easily be turned by hand when the machine is turned off, but they seem frozen when the machine is turned on. I don't know where to go from here. Any advice will greatly be appreciated.


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Educators are lucky. We get to enjoy two New Years. Of course there's the typical New Year's Day celebrating the new calendar year, but Educators celebrate another special day; the beginning of the new school year. As pouty and sad as we may be that summer has ended, secretly we love it. What job do you know where you get to end the year, share your learning with others to grow during the summer, and then add new concepts with fresh new faces for the new year.
What I love the most is the chance to recreate a new space. We don't get too many opportunities to redecorate a new space every year, so having to design a new classroom gives a lot of us a new spark for the year. I have been out of the classroom for five years as an instructional technology specialist, but I enjoy walking the halls and seeing what the new creative spaces teachers have been coming up with.
I have been in rooms where I have seen desks in sets of seven, tables in rooms instead of desks, and even teachers taking a chance and removing their desk from their room. All of these ideas and more center around the most important theme; the children. No matter what workshop I have heard teachers attending this summer or book that they have read, student voice has been ringing loud and clear. This extends to the way teachers set up their classrooms.
I have often stepped into teachers' room whether they are complete or not and asked what was the purpose of their room. One teacher has his room set in groups of seven with his desk hidden in the corner. I love the fact that he says the flow of students being in groups of seven help students even get into smaller groups and he can easily float throughout the classroom and quickly do small groups or pull outs. In the same room we discussed about putting print rich material at eye level and actually having black butcher paper in the background so words and images can stand out better. It's small but it makes a big difference, so I even placed it in my room.
Teachers taking new chances in removing their desk so they can have more space has also allowed them to move freely in the room more. When teachers tell their colleagues that they are doing this some are shocked and amazed. This isn't a new concept but what they realize is that they are rarely at their desk and they are constantly in small groups. The expectation of administrators is that they are with children so some don't see the point in having them. One teacher has told me that it forces her to be organized and stay on task. Really when it comes to space she just needed an area to place her belonging in a closet. With the desk removed children are able to spread their wings more in the classroom and share ideas.
There is one teacher that I follow on Twitter where he has totally transformed his room into a comic book wonderland (super jealous). He understand that how difficult it is for children to get into reading and that comics somehow have more of stronger connection with students. His room honestly looks like a Barnes and Noble for comic books.
I have seen where principals and directors change the look of their offices to make it more inviting and comfortable for anybody that wants to talk and/or have a meeting. I too have made changes in the way my room looks. As an instructional technology specialist in my district, I do not have an office; I have a classroom. I'm cool with that. Recently I decided to move in the back of the campus to utilize a big space that was often used as a place for storage or a place where students go and test. It really disturbed me that the room wasn't used at it's full potential. I did some major cleaning and got rid of "old technology" that simply wasn't used anymore. The purpose of my room is that I wanted to reflect how a classroom would look. Just because I am a tech person, doesn't mean that I just have tech stacked everywhere. I wanted to create a space that resembled going to Google, Apple, or Microsoft, or now even my favorite tool FlipGrid. It's a place where you can relax spread your wings, make videos, collaborate, and more. The campus calls it an innovate room but I call it a flex space. When teachers want to do something big but they don't want to move tables or change their room around, I want them to come to the room and utilize the space to their liking. I only have a small area to work but that's ok because I am always on the go. The room is still a work in progress but I love it. When you come into any of my rooms that I have created it has a nice fragrance, I use natural light from outside, soft chairs rugs, and lamps. Let's not forget that I have an espresso machine and soft music playing in my room and video games. The best compliment I got was from a student when he walked in the room and looked at me. He said "Is this your room?" I said of course and mentioned that he loved it because it feels just like home. Because of this concept student and teachers who come to my room are more relaxed and productive. That's the goal.
So what is your space like? What purpose does it serve? If you are still working on it that's ok. Remember as an educator it's a space for them not you. Make it inviting. I want to try something with you guys. I want to document your space. Share your room/office with a pic or video on twitter. It can be a final product or a work in progress. It doesn't matter. Invite us into your space and use the hashtag #sharethierroom. I hope use this as a platform for all educators to share ideas on creating spaces throughout the year. I can't wait to see what you all come up with.
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New IRS Guidance on Retiree Health Benefits Funded Through Captive Insurance Subsidiaries
May 22, 2014
Authored by: Brian Berglund and Chris Rylands
An employer will sometimes form a captive insurance subsidiary to provide insurance coverage for workers compensation and a variety of other risks associated with the employer's business. For premium payments to a captive insurance company to be currently deductible, the underlying policy issued by the captive generally must constitute insurance under the tax laws. To constitute insurance, the arrangement must, among other requirements, shift the risk of loss from the employer to the captive, and the captive must distribute that risk of loss among other insured parties. To satisfy the "risk distribution" requirement, some captive insurance companies have issued policies to employee medical plans insuring the medical benefit risks associated with employees and retirees (and their dependents).
In Revenue Ruling 2014-15, the IRS addressed the application of the risk shifting and risk distribution requirements involving retiree health benefits and a voluntary employee's beneficiary association ("VEBA"). An employer voluntarily provided health benefits to its retirees by making contributions to a VEBA. The VEBA provided the health benefits, but instead of self-insuring, it entered into a contract with an unrelated insurance company. That insurance company then reinsured the risks with a captive insurance company wholly-owned by the employer. The IRS concluded that it was the risks of the retirees (and not the employer) that were being insured. As a result, sufficient risk shifting and risk distribution existed such that this arrangement qualified as insurance for federal income tax purposes. Click here to view our alert summarizing the ruling.
While the ruling provides favorable tax precedent, it does not address all ERISA implications. In particular, it is a prohibited transaction to use plan assets to purchase insurance from a captive insurance company in the employer's controlled group and no statutory or class exemption is available. Accordingly, an individual prohibited transaction exemption must be obtained to avoid excise taxes or Department of Labor penalties.


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After putting off writing this intro until way late, I'll keep it short and sweet. There's just not a lot to talk about here but if you feel like sharing your thoughts on any of the posts included here or want to add one I missed in the comments, I'd be so happy to see that.
Happy Sunday!
Good good [food for thought]
How does clutter affect you? via Every Little Thing
Why do we hold onto so much stuff and add more and more to our lives? The answer might differ slightly for each of us but this gives some great overall insight and inspiration.
How can I make this feel amazing? via Alexandra Franzen
The ability to make this mental shift and turn what feels like the worst case scenario around is a powerful trait to have [or build over time].
Is the Body-Positivity Movement Going Too Far? via Greatist
This is one I won't say much about yet because I'd like to get into a conversation with you. So if/once you've read it, I'd really like to hear your thoughts in the comments. [Spoiler because Joyce made me notice me sharing this might come across wrong: I don't agree with this but shared it to hear your experiences and thoughts].
Good good [advice and inspiration]
How to eat intuitively while traveling via Delish Knowledge
Being removed from our usual environments – at least that's what I've found – can be a good start at letting go of old [food] rules even if only temporarily for a start so we can enjoy other places fully.
17 Unhealthy Habits You're Probably Ignoring via FitSugar
These are really good reminders. One thing I'd like to add is that for some people [especially those in ED recovery], #2 and 9 – maybe #7, too – can be healthy in reverse.
10 Reasons It's Okay to Skip Your Workout via The Hungry Caterpillar
Or also: yes, it's perfectly fine to skip your workout and you don't owe anybody – yourself included – any excuses.
Things You Might Not Know About Your Reproductive Health & Hormones via The Real Life RD
Many of us ladies experience one or the other issue [aka PMS or amenorrhea] and Robyn's posts always offer great insight into the hormonal side of things and real talk.
How to turn a bad day around (even if it's 8 pm) via yes and yes
A great reminder that it's never too late and simple actionable steps to take.
How to Listen to Your Intuition via PopSugar
Gut instinct and intuition – two different 'things' and how to train/sharpen the latter. Definitely an encounter worth while.
Gluten-Free, Vegan, Paleo—Are They Worth the Hype? via The Everygirl
What I like about this one is that she's honest about both the pros and cons here and her overall conclusion [yes!].
4 Simple Recycling Best Practices That Make A Difference via Mind Body Green
We all have an impact, responsibilty and chance to change the way we live and this is one small but important one.
7 Truths I've Learned From Blogging via This Renegade Love
This is amazing. So very relatable and good reminders for all of us bloggers.
Good good [food]
White Bean and Rice Bowl with Kimchi Hack via Parsley Vegan
That hack alone sounds so worth trying [hint: it's quick and more easily done anywhere in the world or at least my part of it …].
Cheesy Chickpea, Quinoa and Broccoli Casserole via Emilie Eats
Crunchy, cheesy and filled with many of my favourite ingredients – looks like a winner.
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Hello there Friday, this mama is happy to see you.
Can ya'll believe we're already half way through January? It's officially been 15 days since I haven't had Starbucks. Not going to lie, I'm pretty proud of myself! I can 't say I was as stong staying away from Target though…..
Last week I was feeling really overwhelmed with the new year. Not sure where to start, what to tackle first, etc. I'm happy to say that my new routine has been going much better this week. I've been able to stick to the things I want to get done each day, the biggest thing that has helped with that is keeping smaller to do lists. Working only at one thing at a time is also another production booster around here. I'm hoping by the end of the month I'll be completely adjusted and ready to tackle some new goals.
Today is supposed to pretty much rain all day. It's cold, dreary and I'm absolutely loving it. I have candles lit, one little is napping as I type and the other is playing with Play-doh at the table next to me. We don't have anywhere to go or anything we have to do. Definitely my kind of rainy day. I'm hoping to get a chance to put up Valentine's decorations later and may even do some baking with the biggest.
Speaking of Valentine's Day…
I picked up these little mailboxes from the Target dollar spot last weekend. I decided to add a vinyl decal on each and will be putting little love notes in AG's starting on February 1st. If you want to snag a few decals, you can find them here.
Speaking of Target….
I went this past weekend. With all intentions of getting only things I NEEDED.
Didn't quite work out like I planned. Why did all of the stationary need to match my office?!?
One of my personal goals this year is to get dressed each day. I mean really dressed, not just yoga pants and the shirt I slept in the night before. On the days I take the time to get myself put together, I just feel better. To help with that, I signed up for Stitch Fix. I'm probably the last one to try it, but definitely looking forward to have someone look at my personal style wants and send me goodies each month. My first box arrived last night and there were a few pieces that I loved. Can't wait to share all the details with you next week!
Speaking of outfit goals, tomorrow is going to be a low key day around here with the weather in the 70's. Time to finally pull out my shoreline converse and throw together this look. What do you think?
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NSW Government launches new strategy to promote good design
NSW Planning Minister Rob Stokes last week launched a draft Architecture and Design Policy, which will aim to help deliver high quality urban design and better places for people across NSW.
According to the Minister, the draft policy lays the foundation for a design-led planning strategy being developed by the NSW Government Architect.
The strategy will provide detailed guidance to support good design outcomes and introduce a range of new initiatives including establishing a NSW State Design Advisory Panel to consider key state significant projects, ensuring good design informs the development of these projects from the outset and throughout the design and assessment process.
Planning Minister Rob Stokes said good design is vital to Sydney growing successfully into the future.
"Sydney is growing at a rapid rate, and we need more houses and improved public facilities. We also have to make sure that we don't end up with a big, disorganised, ugly city because of poor design and planning," Mr Stokes said.
"Focusing on design will help maximise benefits from the billions of dollars the NSW Government is spending on infrastructure, so we can build an even better future for our city and state."
Mr Stokes also revealed that amendments to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 to be released for consultation later this year will include a new objective promoting good design in the built environment.
"Good design is critical to creating liveable, productive, sustainable and resilient communities, and we want to champion good design through a new policy and give it weight through legislative changes," Mr Stokes said.
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RCC Baseball Team Captures Conference Title, Sets School Mark for Consecutive Wins
Golfer Sean McGarvey qualifies for Nationals for second year in a row
DATE: June 4, 2019
RAMAPO, N.Y. – The Rockland Community College baseball team set a school record with a 26-game winning streak and captured the Mid Hudson Conference regular-season title to highlight the performances of RCC's 2019 spring sports teams. The golf team was led by sophomore Sean McGarvey, who tied for third place at the Region XV tournament to qualify for the NJCAA Div. III national championships for the second year in a row.
The Hawks' baseball squad made history with its record-breaking 26-game victory streak, which eclipsed the previous mark of 19 straight set by the 1984 team. RCC recorded a perfect 19-0 mark during the regular season, did not lose during the month of April (17-0), and attained a top 25 NJCAA Div. II national ranking during the season. The Hawks finished No. 3 nationally in NJCAA Div. II with an impressive .362 team batting average.
At the Region XV tournament, held at Dutchess Stadium in East Fishkill, N.Y., RCC advanced to the championship final for the second year in a row before bowing to Ulster CC, 14-13 and 10-4, in the double-elimination format. Ulster scored five runs in the ninth inning of championship game 1 to pin a heartbreaking loss on the Hawks.
"We fell a little short, but it was still a phenomenal year," said fourth-year RCC coach John Greeley, whose team won 32 of 41 games overall after a 6-7 start against tough non-league competition. "The team reached their potential and exceeded expectations. Our depth was the reason we pulled it off. We had 21 guys on the roster, and all contributed immensely. A lot of guys stepped up into a leadership role, and that turned it around for us [after the slow start]."
Four RCC players earned a berth on the All-Tournament team at Regionals: pitcher Kyle Eskildsen, a right-hander from Monroe-Woodbury (N.Y.) HS, who tossed a two-hit shutout in the Hawks' 10-0 blanking of Ulster CC in the first round; Drew Guerra, a rightfielder from Monroe-Woodbury who had four hits and seven RBI in RCC's 18-10 win over Westchester CC in the second round; pitcher James Reilly, a right-hander out of Albertus Magnus HS, who picked up the win against Westchester; and Miles Kelly, a designated hitter/first baseman from Shoreham Wading River HS in Shoreham, N.Y. Eskildsen and Guerra are set to attend St. Thomas Aquinas College in the fall, and Reilly is headed for Fairleigh Dickinson University's Div. I program.
The Hawks landed five players on the All-Region first team, led by the Region XV Player of the Year, John Daly, the centerfielder and leadoff hitter. Daly, a Tappan Zee HS product, batted a robust .409 for the season (and .500 in Region XV play) with 2 home runs, 5 triples and 35 RBI. Region XV Pitcher of the Year Raymond Pacella, a left-hander out of North Rockland HS, went 4-0 overall with 3 saves and a 2.60 ERA, and posted a minuscule 1.27 ERA in conference play. Chris Perish of Suffern, the Defensive Player of the Year, sparkled at third base while hitting .427 with 47 RBI, batting third in the order. Kelly, the cleanup hitter, slugged 7 home runs and 5 triples, drove in 44 runs and batted .370. Catcher Stephen Greeley, Coach Greeley's son, hit .370 with 3 home runs and 39 RBI. Daly is moving on to FDU, while Pacella heads to SUNY Oneonta and Perich to SUNY Brockport.
Capturing second-team All-Region laurels were Pacella, who as a first baseman batted .367 with 28 RBI; Nyack HS alumnus Michael Pavelchak, a leftfielder who hit .378 with a .458 on-base percentage; and pitcher John Freeman, out of North Rockland HS, who won all seven of his decisions with a 4.36 ERA. Shortstop Ken Hoppe, another North Rockland HS product, won a Gold Glove award, and Alex Perich, a versatile utility player who batted .366, received the Region's Sportsmanship Award. Alex Perich, who is Chris Perich's twin, is transferring to Dominican College in the fall, and Hoppe will attend SUNY Oneonta.
Coach Greeley was supported by a veteran coaching staff including pitching coach Matt Matcovich, Ryan Fasano, Bryan Borruso and George Nicks.
In golf, McGarvey again spearheaded the Hawks, earning All-Region first-team honors and All-Mid Hudson Conference status as well. He posted a two-day score of 158 (80-78) – just two strokes out of first place – at the Region XV tournament, held May 16-17 at Rotella Golf Course in Haverstraw, N.Y. By virtue of his third-place shared finish, he qualified to compete in the NJCAA Div. III national championships, set for June 5-8 at Chautauqua Golf Club in Chautauqua, N.Y., 40 miles south of Buffalo. McGarvey, a Pearl River HS alumnus, hopes to improve upon his showing of tied for 46th last year out of 87 golfers at nationals.
No. 2 man Andrew Mottolese, a freshman out of North Rockland HS, capped a strong finish to the season by placing 14th at Regionals with a score of 179 (88-91). An All-Conference honoree, he is the younger brother of Anthony Mottolese, a solid scorer for the Hawks' golf team last year. Freshmen Tristan Brestolli, a North Rockland HS graduate, and Alex Graff, from Nyack HS, were RCC's two other scorers.
As a team, RCC finished fifth out of six teams, a dropoff from last year's third-place showing. "It was a tough year team-wise," said 13th-year coach Tom Craffey, a former NCAA Div. III national team titlist as a player for Ramapo College of New Jersey. "It was definitely a rebuilding year. We are looking forward to greater success next year." Craffey is assisted by Howie Pierson, who was RCC's longtime head golf coach and athletic director and a professional on the Seniors golf tour.
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Carbon Stock Assessments
As well as carrying out HCS assessments, Proforest also provides technical support to processes to bring together different approaches to High Carbon Stock assessments, and to support their convergence with other processes such as the High Conservation Value (HCV) approach and Free, Prior, Informed Consent.
What is the High Carbon Stock Approach?
The High Carbon Stock (HCS) approach builds on work carried out in 2011 by Greenpeace, The Forest Trust (TFT) and the palm oil company Golden-Agri Resources Limited (GAR). It aims to provide a practical, scientifically robust and cost-effective methodology to define and protect viable forest areas and achieve companies' 'no deforestation' commitments.
How does it work?
An HCS assessment is carried out in two main phases through a combination of remote and field work:
- Vegetation classification. Based on a preliminary analysis of satellite imagery following existing national land cover class systems.
- Screening of HCS/forest areas identified in the first assessment phase against biodiversity conservation criteria, with the objective of preserving and protecting viable areas that can revert to natural ecological functioning as forest.
How can we help you?
Our carbon assessment services are tailored to the differing needs of our clients in this rapidly developing field. We can work with you to carry out an initial scoping study, or a full assessment using a variety of methods (for example, a basic carbon stock inventory or full HCS approach assessment) in any area that has forest cover or high levels of carbon.
We can combine HCS and HCV assessments to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the conservation and management implications for any production environment.
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We have built on our experience in field studies to evaluate carbon stocks as standalone assessments, as well as in parallel with HCV assessments or the HCS approach to maximise cost-effectiveness.
We have put this into practice for large-scale plantation developments for different commodities (including pulp and paper, and palm oil) in Southeast Asia and Africa.
Future development
We are actively following the development of the HCS Approach, led by Greenpeace, TFT and other partners, as well as the work of the Sustainable Palm Oil Manifesto HCS study group. We are observers on both processes, helping to define an agreed methodology for the assessment of carbon stocks. We are also working with a broad group of partners to integrate HCS with the existing HCV and free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) processes, and to ensure that these distinct tools dovetail in a coordinated, efficient and cost-effective way.
Proforest was also engaged by the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to update its carbon calculator tool for new oil palm planting. This was developed in response to a new requirement under the revised RSPO Principles & Criteria that new plantation developments should minimise net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.


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On ABC's Shark Tank, hopeful entrepreneurs present their product ideas to the Sharks--self-made millionaires and billionaires who critique those ideas to determine if they want to invest.
So what has any of this to do with student voice and choice? Well, plenty of schools have done variations on Shark Tank as way to get students engaged in designing projects. In fact, some administrators have found that inviting students to participate in proposing ideas for things that affect them--like classroom design--can be informative and fun, and quite the learning experience for the students. This was true in Chappaqua, NY when third graders got to propose designs for their classrooms. But how does this help students make connections in their learning? How does this help students connect what they've learned earlier in the school year or even in other grades with what they are learning and doing now?
Shark Tank projects aren't new--check out this 2014 medical invention project--and can be a great PBL vehicle. I'm guessing most of that makes sense for student voice and choice: students are given some parameters and invited to pursue their completion of that project within the parameters and in ways that make sense to them. And, of course, TeachersPayTeachers has lots of suggestions and packets for teachers.
Now, what does that have to do with Ace of Cakes? When customers approach Duff Goldman, they have an event for which they want a cake and they usually have an idea of what they want and don't want. After that, they leave it to the expert to figure out. No doubt there are budget parameters and there are, of course, time constraints. As with Shark Tank, Ace of Cakes could be a model for PBL.
In fact, I can see how various shows can be creative springboards for students to showcase their learning. Those experience don't have to be limited to a specific project or problem, though I suspect teachers worry about how much time it will take to prepare this kind of a lesson event. Projects lend themselves to an approach like Shark Tank or even Ace of Cakes. But I can see how other such shows can be a creative springboard for teachers and students.
Chopped is an intriguing STEM/STEAM vehicle. Students see what's in the basket and have a certain amount of time to create something specific or something in a particular content category. If there is a classroom or media center space, perhaps they have a sort of materials pantry for other resources they might need. Other teachers could be the judges or students could judge/critique each other's work. Unlike Chopped, students might create their own rubrics for their particular projects--it would be interesting to know what kids think is important.
America's Got Talent could also be a STEM/STEAM vehicle. Perhaps students "compete" in like categories but that's not necessary and adds a level of complication. Not only do students present their "talent," but, again, they present how they think their work should be judged.
In my opinion, student choice and voice are really about these two questions: "How do you want to learn today?" and "How does this learning connect to anything else you've learned or are learning?"
I don't think choice projects should be limited to big PBL events or one-time events, such as end-of-year showcase events. I think student choice and voice can and should be part of student learning throughout the year rather than a "one-and-done" experience.
Now this isn't something you do the first few weeks of school though there is no reason you can't start moving to it right away. You first review the standards and learning objectives, perhaps go over any "I can" statements. You have a lesson prepared, of course, because sometimes students are just going to need you to direct their learning more specifically. As you acclimate students to being able to make choices about how they approach learning and show you not only what they've learned but how they learn, you can start with a choice board. There are zillions of examples of choice boards available, so try not to lose your mind finding one you like.
Once students understand how choice works, you can give them options like a more traditional choice board and leave a "free" space so they can come up with their own approach. Don't be surprised if what they want to do is a mashup of some of the choices on the board.
As students get older or just more experienced, you might offer a choice board as an option for those who struggle to come up with their own ideas. Don't be surprised if some of your second and third graders have some thoughts about how they want to learn.
Here's a bonus feature for you. Not only might you find that you have less work to do, but you will discover all kinds of things about your students. Not just how they like to learn and what they seem to think they're really good at. You'll learn what they're afraid to try and quite possibly why which will give you insight into helping them develop the skills they need to try something new or different.
Not only does student choice enable students to voice their learning in ways that make sense to them, but such an experience provides a pathway for them to make connections in their learning and learn more about themselves as learners.


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Ben introduces the team to the new Pawnee website, which contains a variety of new functions and features to make things much easier. Unfortunately, everyone is immediately distracted by an animated cartoon panda bear that graces the page, especially when it puts on a top hat and dances. Ron congratulates Ben on creating an excellent Panda game.
Back at the office, Leslie and Ben use the new Pawnee website to create a poll that allows Pawneeans and Eagletonians to vote on a new town slogan, but Crazy Ira and The Douche use their radio program to hijack the poll and push ridiculous write-in slogans to the top. So far, the submission with the most votes is "Welcome to Pawnee, Home of the Stick Up Leslie Knope's Butt."
Andy is frustrated with his progress on the Unity Concert. He's responsible for finding bands to play at the concert, but so far he's found nothing. Craig recommends a few Eagleton venues that Andy may be able to harvest for talent. He attends a little-known jazz club in Eagleton and witnesses the unthinkable: Ron Swanson performing as Duke Silver! The next day, Andy approaches Ron with the news. Ron immediately retires from jazz music, but Andy encourages him to keep going, promising that he'll keep Ron's secret.
Meanwhile, Tom solicits help from Donna and April to find a venue for his new restaurant, Tom's Bistro. Donna and April deliberately show Tom a number of inadequate properties to deter him from opening a bistro and leaving the Parks Department. Eventually, they decide that their selfish motivations are hindering Tom's professional progress. They find the perfect property to house Tom's new restaurant, and Tom promises to always keep a table open for his two favorite customers.
Frustrated that her town slogan poll is getting hijacked. Leslie decides to hold a public forum regarding the slogan debacle. Ben suggests that she practice her delegation skills by letting Larry run the meeting. It's incredibly difficult for Leslie to relinquish control, but she manages to make it through the meeting, despite a number of glaring grammatical errors in the winning town slogan: "When Your Here, Than Your Home."
A week later, the residents of Pawnee christen the town's welcome sign with their new slogan, which Leslie has grammatically corrected. Unfortunately, the crew installed the sign facing the wrong way, so it welcomes you to Pawnee as you're leaving town. She's still nervous about the National Parks job, but Ben assures Leslie that doubting herself is the stupidest thing she's ever done.


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In the farm and ranch country southeast of Abilene, Kansas, people live peaceful, small-town lives. In communities like Burdick, population 60, the politics are bedrock Republican and the elections are personal, neighbor-to-neighbor affairs. But life is changing rapidly in plains towns like Burdick, whose populations are aging as the towns themselves get smaller. Ask anyone in Burdick and they'll tell you the turning point came when the local high school was closed.
So it's no surprise when rancher-lawyer Bill Kassebaum, himself a father with deep roots in the area, decides to run for State Congress from District 68 on a platform of supporting schools as the key to rural revival. But having a sensible proposal and being the scion of Kansas's best-known Republican family are hardly a guarantee that his campaign won't sound like a quixotic adventure. In order to support the schools, he has to tilt his lance at the biggest political windmill of all, and propose raising taxes. In "Bill's Run: A Political Journey in Rural Kansas," Kassebaum's filmmaker brother, Richard, takes us along for a blow-by-blow account.
Burdick used to have three grocery stores, two banks and a meat market, as well as rodeos on most Saturdays. As is often true in rural America, the local high school, Diamond Valley High, served as a social center for the whole town. Today, only the meat market survives.
The high school stands boarded up and abandoned. If a shrinking educational system is not the chief cause of decline in rural areas like District 68, it has come to be seen as the most visible effect and chief accelerator of that decline. More importantly, lack of good schools is regarded as the chief obstacle to taking advantage of a promising demographic trend: young families seeking small-town environments in which to raise their kids.
Bill Kassebaum is a moderate Republican whose love for Kansas and concern for his two daughters' future in the state led him to do something radical -- challenge a sitting Republican who was also the State House Majority Leader. Though he was a prosecutor as well as a rancher, and a third-generation descendant of the Alf Landon dynasty that dominated the state from the 1930s through the '90s, the success of Kassebaum's campaign seemed anything but certain.
Left: Shari Weber.
As revealed in Bill's Run, Kansas is a place where the moderate Republicanism of Bill's grandfather Alf Landon, who served as the state's Governor in the '30s and ran for President against Roosevelt, has long since been eclipsed. The temper of the Republican-dominated electorate is much more attuned to the right-wing ideology of Bill's opponent, Shari Weber, than to the old-line Republicanism of Bill's mother, Nancy Kassebaum, who served as Kansas's highly visible senator from 1978-1997. Weber makes "family values," an anti-abortion stance and the war on terror the central issues of her public appeal, and adheres to the "no new taxes" mantra of the Republican Right. She not only would never raise taxes to support schools, she is inclined to trim the state's already tight education budget.
Bill's Run follows the circuit of county fairs, community picnics, door-to-door canvassing and candidates' nights that make up the political rounds in rural Kansas, and also introduces us to a cast of wonderfully candid characters who reveal just how up-close and personal rural politics can be. There's the gas station owner who likes the incumbent but who admits that he'll probably vote for Bill because the candidate has always paid his bills on time, and the elderly lady who knows it will be a tough contest because she has experienced the kindness of both candidates' families. For these voters, personal integrity counts.
Something even more interesting emerges in Bill's Run. As Bill gamely makes the rounds, finding friendly faces but skepticism about his "liberal" proposals and the jocular condescension usually reserved for lost causes, District 68's rural constituency unites around the issue of education. They also reveal why all politics are local. These Kansans may have their ideological views and principles -- among which hating taxes is near the top -- but they aren't going to discount the evidence of their own eyes. Without schools, their communities face a bleak future.
"Bill's Run: A Political Journey in Rural Kansas" is an extended portrait of heartland America wrestling with the American way of democracy: one that goes well beyond the snapshots of campaign news reporting.
"Given my brother's stubborn nature, I knew that sparks would fly," says filmmaker Richard Kassebaum. "His campaign really put him at odds with many of his friends and neighbors and the leadership of the Republican Party. In 'Bill's Run,' I wanted to explore those everyday issues that can divide a rural community and, more importantly, those that can bring people together. I wanted to capture the flavor of small-town plains democracy in action."
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- A GIS approach for flood vulnerability and adaptation analysis in Diepsloot, Johannesburg
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- 2012
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- M. Sc. (Environmental Management), The 2010/2011 floods saw the City of Johannesburg and many other municipalities in South Africa declared disaster ridden due to the number of deaths, homeless citizens and loss of property. Conventional Geographic Information System (GIS) approach is used to map flood vulnerable areas using floodlines while social surveys assess at-risk population through impacts of a hazard. This study then tests the hypothesis that combined approach to identify and map flood vulnerable areas is better than independent approaches, using Diepsloot township as a case study. Starting with aerial photographs as a base layer, ArcGIS 10™ was used to conduct spatial analysis of the flood-prone areas using the 1:50- and 1:100-year floodlines. The results mapped out dwellings vulnerable to flooding along the floodplains only. The survey probed the people's perceptions, experiences and coping strategies with flooding. Findings from the field survey revealed some key observations, as follows: The perception of 95% of respondents is that flooding is a major environmental challenge in Diepsloot township as confirmed by their experiences; 61% attributed this to construction of dwellings within floodplains; and 71% agreed that how strong a dwelling is in terms of construction materials also determines its vulnerability to flooding. In addition to floodplains, other sections of the settlement were identified through local knowledge as being vulnerable to various types of flooding - fast-flowing water, ponding and slope run-off. Dwellings on hill-slopes and besides storm water drains were identified as vulnerable to flooding. Slope measurements over the area were done using contours which corroborated these further areas of flood vulnerability as both low-lying and high slopes. Due to poor layout of dwellings, vulnerable units could not be counted but the extent was visible in the mapping. Long-term coping strategies and adaptation measures do seem to be in place, without interventions from municipal authorities. The combined approach for flood vulnerability assessment proved successful in creating a practical and affordable means to create a more comprehensive assessment, called for local knowledge engagement in policy development to mitigate flood disaster risk in the Gauteng City- Region.
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It may not have been the 'Big Bang' Budget that most were expecting, but Mr Jaitley has succeeded in creating a pro-growth and pro-investment roadmap, laid the groundwork for the success of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious 'Make in India' campaign and kick-started thinking on the agenda of 'Healthcare for All'.
Encouraging Investments
The Budget has sought to improve business sentiment and spur investments by domestic as well as overseas players in the country through easier regulations and a simpler and stable tax regime. The gradual reduction of the corporate tax rate from 30 per cent to 25 per cent over four years with a corresponding rationalisation of various tax exemptions is significant. While encouraging private investment, this step also signals a break from an exemption-based regime.
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By clearing the path for the introduction of the long-pending Goods and Services Tax (GST) from April 1, 2016, the Budget has championed a crucial tax reform that will bring India on par with developed economies. Deferring the implementation of the controversial General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR) by two years and its prospective application will reassure investors and reinforce the business-friendly credentials of the Modi government.
The proposed introduction of the new bankruptcy law is a welcome move as it would safeguard stakeholders' interests while ensuring swift liquidation of unviable companies in line with international best practices.
In order to enable the 'ease of doing business', the FM has expressed his commitment to do away with multiple approvals for setting up a manufacturing unit. It should pave the way for a 'single window' approval system, which is likely to boost investor confidence.
Push for 'Make in India'
While the Budget may not have announced any big bang schemes for 'Make in India', it has most certainly taken a few critical steps to set the ball rolling for converting 'Make in India' into a growth mantra.
A major breakthrough this year has been the much needed attention given to the infrastructure sector, which is a prerequisite for Make in India's success. The corpus of Rs 70,000 crore allocated to infrastructure is expected to lead to the development of major infrastructure projects, including road, railway networks and power plants. The proposal to revitalise the PPP model for infrastructure development will definitely yield positive results for the sector. Additionally, tax-free bonds in rail, roads and irrigation projects will bring much-needed funds for this critical sector.
The FM rightly touched upon the fact that the 'Skill India' and 'Digital India' initiatives are the drivers for 'Make in India'.
With 54 per cent of India's population being 25 or below, India can reap the demographic dividend through right-skilling. Unfortunately, currently less than 5 per cent of our potential workforce gets formal skill training to be employable. The Budget announcement of a National Skill Mission and the Rs 15,000-crore Grameen Kaushal Yojana targeted at skilling rural youth will address this huge unmet need. These initiatives aimed at skilling the youth of India will go a long way in kick-starting 'Skill in India', which is a critical enabler for 'Make in India'.
However, a much stronger impetus to manufacturing in terms of enabling policies and special incentives would have given the 'Make in India' programme the propulsion it needed.
I also expected more granularity in the implementation strategy for 'Make in India'. Similarly I expected 'Make in India' to be more expansive and encompass 'Innovate in India'. The Budget proposal for setting up the Atal Innovation Mission with an outlay of Rs 150 crore is just a starting point for setting the stage for encouraging investment in R&D and innovation. It is more in the nature of modest seed funding to 'Innovate in India'. I expected more enabling provisions and incentives for companies engaged in innovation as it would have encouraged many more players to follow the path of innovation.
'Job Seekers' to 'Job Creators'
I particularly appreciate Government's initiative towards setting up a Rs 1,000-crore Self-Employment and Talent Utilization (SETU) fund for incubating start-ups. This is very encouraging as I believe it will help take 'ideas to market' and encourage our youth to become 'job creators' instead of being 'job seekers'. However, the introduction of special incentives and tax sops for angel investors would have ushered in a more conducive start-up ecosystem.
Inclusive Growth
The move from 'Jan Dhan' to 'Jan Surakhsa' is a big reform that will go a long way in ensuring social security for the poor and senior citizens. The proposed Universal Social Security System is perhaps the most important reform that I hope will be linked to universal healthcare in the near future.
Enabling India to become a pensioned society from a pension-less society and encouraging health, accidental and life insurance are also landmark initiatives that need to be applauded.
Healthcare Boost Missing
However, I feel Mr Jaitley could have done more on the healthcare front by significantly ramping up the Budgetary allocation to the healthcare sector. He has committed Rs 33,152 crore for healthcare in FY16, a little over Rs 30,645 crore for FY15. The opening of six new large public hospitals across the country and introduction of better health insurance options are strong symbols of change, but his Budget stopped short of prescribing an investment formula for Universal Healthcare.
The Budget also belied the pharma industry's expectations of making capital expenditure in the sector more attractive, incentivising R&D investments or reversing the services tax imposed on clinical research organisations last year.
In the final analysis, the FM has certainly laid a very positive roadmap for reviving investor sentiment, resuscitating India's infrastructure, returning India to a path of robust economic growth, and restoring the common man's expectations for better days to come.
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All breeds that have the physical size and health to become sled dogs are welcome at Boot Camp. We have worked with many breeds of dogs including a Beagle, Norwegian Elkhound, Border Collie, Australian Shepherd and other non-traditional sled dog breeds as well as Alaskan Huskies, Siberians, Inuit dogs, Malamutes, and Samoyeds whose owners want information on how to train their team. Any one and everyone can have fun training sled dogs!


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Getting to the main tourist attraction in Sydney using public transport is convenient and economical. Especially on Sundays where the deal is a you can buy a $2.50 ticket for each person and you get the transport options equivalent to a day pass. That is: you can travel on all Sydney public transport all day, including the Sydney Ferries. To get an idea of some different and not so different ideas of what you may like to do while visiting Sydney have a look at Sydney Places to Visit.
Caravan parks and camping grounds in the Sydney metropolitan area are usually close to public transport. Lane Cove River Tourist Park is a 10 minute walk from North Ryde train station, then 30 minutes to the city, Sydney Lakeside Narrabeen is a bus ride to Manly where a 30 minute ferry ride takes you directly to Circular Quay next to the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour bridge, Sydney Hills Holiday Park at Dural is a bus ride to Pennant Hills train station and from there into the city.
Driving your car or campervan is an option to get to the city but parking is expensive. If it is something you really want to do I sometimes park in the Sydney Opera House underground car park. An example of the cost is $36.00 for 2 to 3 hours. I did warn you that parking is expensive.... Weekends are much better though. $15.00 if you arrive after 9.00am and leave before 5.00pm.
An option is to park on the street during the week. I usually find metered parking near Argyle Street in The Rocks area. You can download a map of The Rocks area from here.
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While Dowds Group have for many years embraced the concepts of partnering and collaborative working, we have recently taken further steps to ensure we stay at the forefront of modern building services in the UK.
Having recognised the shift from traditional design, procurement and delivery of M&E projects towards Building Information Modelling (BIM), we have made substantial developments to meet future demands – more specifically, we have, over the last 12 months:
- Expanded our CAD/Coordination department by 4 persons, including a BIM Manager, Rory O'Hara
- Significantly invested in 3D modelling Revit software & associated hardware; and
- Established a Belfast office to give us a more central base for attracting the best talent and to act as a hub for their CAD/Co-ordination and BIM team activities.
We are actively implementing this cutting edge design software on a number of on-going key projects. Adopting this strategy going forward allows us to take a holistic approach to the design, coordination and installation of M&E projects.
However, as Rory O'Hara, Dowds Group BIM Manager explains, merely utilising BIM software is not enough.
"To truly adopt a BIM based approach to project delivery it is vital that we encourage collaborative working – key to this process are early engagement of the entire design team, and the establishment of agreed working practices.
We see ourselves as an integral part of the overall team; early involvement by all team members into design development and value engineering workshops will maximise the build quality of the project. We use BIM to facilitate our M&E co-ordination workshops to determine how the services should work within the structure of the building, highlighting any problems or pinch points and allowing for the realignment or re-engineering of workable solutions.
We feel the resources we have put in place will facilitate both the increased demand for Design & Build projects, and the governments drive for BIM implementation by 2016."
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Those candidates who are interested in getting the job in Himachal Pradesh High Court as 80 posts Clerk, Process Server, Judgment Writer Jobs, they were applied for Himachal Pradesh Court Lower Division Clerk Recruitment 2019. Now of them are waiting to hear the news about the HP Court Clerk Exam Date to appear the Exam on the 14 April 2019 by the HP Court, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh Board. The HP HC Clerk Admit Card 2019 link activated on 08 April 2019.
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Re: PERL as shibboleth and the Perl communityby phaylon (Curate)
|on Nov 22, 2005 at 14:43 UTC ( #510805=note: print w/replies, xml )
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I'm really wondering what this is all about. Are people here *really* arguing against merlyn's opinion with the argument that everyone should have his own opinions?
I mean, where would it stop? It's not that crucial to development in Perl to know that there's no PERL, or that there's a difference between "Perl" and "perl." At least the last part becomes an issue when you're e.g. trying to get help in Usenet. But we could go further and say, the principle of TIMTOWTDI isn't that important to a programmer. And then, how can we curse someone that he's not using map, grep, or any other stuff that he doesn't know from PHP?
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At the best of times, romance provides respite from daily turmoil. At the worst — and as a New Yorker, Hurricane Sandy puts the last week in that unhappy category — romance stands between me and the loony bin. As Sandy howled her way past my apartment, I turned to fantasies that I have loved since my teenage years, stories about English maidens falling in love with sheiks who turn out to be English royalty — not to mention the princesses who donned breeches. Guess what? Those plots are alive and well! These five novels all spring from our best beloved romantic fantasies, and offer a brilliant escape from the mundane, the extraordinary, or the truly depressing.
Thea Harrison's Lord's Fall is an unusual choice for this column: It's a continuation of a love story that began in Harrison's Dragon Bound. I included it because it strikes me as going to the heart of the prince-in-disguise fantasy. In Dragon Bound, Pia falls in love with Dragos, who is, in essence, the king of the shape-shifters (not to mention New York City). His dual skins — billionaire businessman and warrior king — are enormously satisfying in a hero. Lord's Fall opens as Pia departs on a diplomatic mission to the elven demesne. She's pregnant, she's rich beyond her wildest dreams, her ultra fabulous, sexy partner/dragon is protective and fiercely in love with her…in short, this book is like the icing on a cake. There's a fairy battle, and a wedding, and a lot of sex. But mostly it delivers the dream of finding one of the most powerful men in the world at one's feet: it's a royalty fantasy done royally well.
Megan Mulry's A Royal Pain starts more conventionally, but escalates into the same dizzyingly fun premise. Bronte Talbott is an American who adores British royalty and reads the tabloids daily. But when she has her heart broken by a Texan man with a roving eye, she goes to a bookstore determined to buy a worthy novel that will remind her "that there were absolutely no happy endings" (full disclosure: she also picks up "a little Eloisa James for good measure"). Bronte has made up her mind that there will be no more mooning over eligible royal bachelors: "No more dreaming," she tells herself. Then she meets a graduate student with a velvety British voice and icy gray eyes named Max Heyworth. Once they agree that her plan to find a TM (a Transitional Man) suits Max to a T, they embark on a sexy, fun fling. Bronte particularly loves it when Max puts on "faux-formal Brit-speak." Do you see where this is going? Max turns out to be the 19th Duke of Northrop. But when Bronte has a taste of the noble life, she's not so sure it's for her. Max shows his Dragos side when she tries to kick him out, declaring himself not honorable but "barbaric." This book is a romantic, fantastic, enchanting treat. If you ever had the dream of marrying a British nobleman, don't miss A Royal Pain!
Tracy Anne Warren's Her Highness and the Highlander reverses the paradigm: the utterly charming Princess Mercedes sets off from Countess Hortensia's Academy for Elegant Young Ladies of Royal and Noble Birth, is attacked by brigands, and ends up under the care of Major Daniel James MacKinnon, late of His Majesty's Royal Highland Regiment. Mercedes is a princess of a small European nation, but Daniel doesn't believe for a moment that the bedraggled woman he befriends in an inn is a princess: he thinks she's a lady's maid or perhaps a squire's runaway daughter. In fact, as Mercedes sums it up, he's afraid that she's addled. But that doesn't stop the two of them from falling in love. Her Highness and the Highlander is a shining example of the genre of novels and movies that depict princesses discovering the joys of common life (including such strange actions as kissing). Daniel has every intention of marrying a good Scottish lass, but even after he marries Mercedes, he can't persuade her to tell him who she really is. The romance here is effortless and light-hearted, but there's a deep strain as well, and when Mercedes tells Daniel that he is the one thing she "cannot do without," even a hurricane can't stop a happy sigh.
Maggie Robinson's Lord Gray's List is a charming foray into equally dreamlike territory. Baron Brenton Gray is sick of finding himself the main topic of conversation in the gossip rag The London List. But when Ben goes to confront R. Ramsey, Publisher, intending to defend his honor, he's shocked to find himself face-to-face with a young gentleman — who happens to be a dead ringer for his "lost and unlamented love," Evangeline Ramsey. Evangeline tries to uphold her masquerade, but Ben sees through her — as he says, "I've seen your bottom before, Evangeline." And he had, when he took her virginity years earlier. Ben sets out to buy and shut down the newspaper, but finds himself aiding the publisher instead. Lord Gray's List is a combustible story of a lady in disguise and a lord who ably takes up the newspaper business in order to stay at her side. Evie and Ben are a hilarious pair who can't stop making love, even as they break tables, and (finally) consummate their marriage on the parlor floor.
Jessica Sims's Desperately Seeking Shapeshifter takes us into slightly different territory, because Sims's world is not one of lords, but shapeshifters. Hers is a grittier world than Harrison's, and here male werewolves feel empowered to steal an unattached female werewolf and forcibly annex her to their pack. Sara Ward has been living in disguise, pretending to be a human rather than a werewolf. Once found out, a violent werewolf pack claims her, unless she can talk Ramsey Bjorn, a were-bear, into pretending to be her mate. Ramsey is "massive, the way the Grand Canyon is massive." We're in assured fantasy territory here: a pretend mating equals a convenient marriage equals a way for two strangers to fall in love…but Sara and Ramsey have complex issues to work through. Sara had been in an abusive relationship, so a "massive" male is frightening. And Ramsey? Well, Ramsey is a virgin. And that's why I'm ending the column with this novel: male virgins are far and few between after one leaves high school. So how does a lucky werewolf treat a massive, gorgeous, silent virgin? Carefully. Slowly. With attention to detail.
These books offer a true escape from hurricanes, earthquakes, and the like — straight into the realm of fantasy. Which is where we all belong, once in a while!
Eloisa James's latest novel is The Ugly Duchess.
You can check out Eloisa's past columns in the Archives, and if you'd like to get her reactions to romances as she reads them, follow her on Facebook or Twitter.
For sneak peeks at all of Eloisa's romances, please visit her web site at www.eloisajames.com.


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With stricter reforms on the horizon and brewing issues pertaining to immigration resounding across the nation, the resources and services of immigration attorneys will become more important in the future. Important matters such as health, family and finances can be good reasons to hire an immigration attorney. Though it may come with a fee, the results will be desirable.


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[Resolved] Basil International Ltd — MATURITY PROBLEM & GHOTALA
The Management body of Basil International Ltd
Are u going through financial crisis why the maturity at TINSUKIA, NAHARKATIA, LEDO & DIBRUGARH Branch offices are being delayed, as you know due to this, lots of active marketing members have left the company, & also Rs 15corers & above of maturity are pending from the year 2007 onwards, why the Management body was not look into the matter from long intervals of time, because this the area of North East.as the consumer & also the field force are badly suffer for the maturity crisis. There was no plan have been taken by the Management body for this Area WHY? I am working in this company since the VERSATILE PLANTATION .we the entire field workers of this company are never faced such a problem before. Main problem is for the depositors. Because they have to wait about 6 months to 1year for their maturity. The CLD commission also of this area is pending. from the year 2006 No CLD commission was given to the Field Force of the DIBRUGARH BRANCH, from JULY 2007 NO CLD Commission was given to the Field Force of TINSUKIA BRANCH. Now we all the people o[censored]pper Assam area Don't forget us & Don't take our Exam. Time was threating US Don't forget.All the matter was known to you all. Are you all doing any GHOTALA.( BHAGABAN SEY DORO AKHIR HUM BHI INSAN HEY.)
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Intended uses: Prevents or reduces the duration and severity of colds; boosts immunity; has anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and antibacterial effects. Various species have been extensively studied, but with conflicting results.
What the science says: Some lab research has suggested that echinacea can stimulate the immune system (or various components of it) and have direct antibacterial/anti-viral effects. Human studies on echinacea's effect on colds or immunity have had inconsistent results. Most commercial preparations in this country have not been tested, and no clinical trials have been done to compare the widely differing preparations.
In 2011, a study from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, published in Annals of Family Medicine, involved 719 people with early onset colds who were divided into four groups: standardized echinacea pills (labeled as such), standardized echinacea pills (unlabeled), placebo pills, or no pill. All three pill groups, including the placebo group, had slightly shorter and less severe colds than those taking no pills. Those people who said initially that they believed echinacea is effective benefited the most from the pills, whether they contained the herb or placebo.
In 2014 a research review by the Cochrane Collaboration looked at 24 clinical trials. In individual trials, echinacea did not prevent colds, but a meta-analysis combining the studies did suggest that the herb might have a small effect on cold incidence. In treatment trials, echinacea did not shorten duration of colds.
A meta-analysis in Advances in Therapy in 2015, which included six clinical trials, found that echinacea reduced the risk of recurrent respiratory tract infections by about a third, as well as reducing their complications.
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