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4 Seasons Outdoor - Sussex 8 Seater Rattan Dining Set with 270cm Oval Table, Polyloom Taupe
- Polyloom Taupe Range
- Top Synthetic Wicker; Hularo
- Powder-Coated Aluminium Frame
- Modern Design
- Glass Table Top
- Suitable for indoors and outdoors
- 10 Year Warranty
Set includes:
- 8 x Sussex Dining Chairs
- 1 x Astoria Dining Table 270 x 130 cm
4 Seasons Outdoor - Sussex 8 Seater Rattan Dining Set with 270cm Oval Table, Polyloom Taupe
Hularo™ is synonymous with the absolute top in synthetic wicker. That's why 4 Seasons give a guarantee of no less than 10 years on their wicker! It's easy to clean, durable and resistant to UV rays, salt water, lotions, chlorine and alcohol. It's not easy to tell Hularo™ apart from real rattan, except for the countless benefits it offers compared to natural materials. Hularo™ is colourfast and available in a wide range of natural tints. The materials contain no hazardous substances and can be fully recycled. To complete the look 4SO also offer a range of different sized pillows in a choice of fabrics, a comprehensive choice of parasols and bases and accessories including lazy Susans (all sold separately). Brimming with style and sophistication each 4 Seasons Outdoor piece not only exudes luxury and comfort but also proudly boasts the quality you would expect from such a prestigious brand as well as the reassurance of a long-term investment.
Polyloom Taupe
Sussex is a collection from the 4 Seasons ranges finished in Polyloom Taupe with a Hularo™ synthetic 2mm Rod Weave. Hularo™ is also unique in that it is manufactured using a mono extrusion meaning that the colour of the weave is present throughout the entire area of the fibre so that any scratches or scuffs will remain largely invisible thanks to the colour being present all the way through each product.
The Hularo Wicker has a 10-year warranty.
Powder-Coated Aluminium Frame
Crafted around a lightweight superior grade extruded powder-coated aluminium frame every 4 Seasons Outdoor products is then hand woven with Hularo™, a unique flexible easy-to-clean synthetic rattan designed to withstand the toughest of elements from bright direct sunlight to sub-zero temperatures (-20°C to +40°C) without impairing the colour or impinging on the look or feel of the product in any way. Whichever finish you opt for, as with all the other collections from 4SO, underneath the stylish rattan lies a powder-coated frame constructed from superior grade extruded aluminium ensuring the sturdiness and rigidity of each piece for many years as well as helping to prevent rust or any deterioration over time.
London Taupe Cushions
Even the 4 Seasons Outdoor all-weather cushions and pillows have been manufactured to the highest standard to enable them to handle the rain and not perish under the sun's powerful UV rays. In addition, the Dacron material also ensures the cushions retain their shape. To complement the furniture in the mid-brown Polyloom Taupe, the cushions are a London Taupe colour.
Weave Maintenance
4 Seasons recommend that woven furniture is cleaned at least once a year. It is important to use a non-foaming cleaner on woven furniture, as a foaming product will leave residues in the gaps in between the weave which will attract dirt.
A pressure hose on a wide spray setting is acceptable to use on woven chairs at a distance of approximately one metre from the product. Tables should be cleaned carefully with a sponge and a cleaning agent. Follow the instructions below:
- Apply lukewarm water with a soft cloth or sponge.
- Brush the furniture clean with a soft scrubbing pad.
- Rinse furniture well with clean water.
To clean the table top glass we suggest the use of any household glass or window cleaner.
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I find that I am peculiarly drawn to hoards. It's not just that my childhood imaginings of 'buried treasure' endured and survived a career as a professional archaeologist. There's something fascinating in the way we feel we can see into those moments of deposition, clearly imagining the sequence of events from hurried deposition in advance of an immediate threat, followed by wondering why it was never recovered? Was the one who hid their valuables killed? Were they driven off and never made it back? Did they survive, only to realise that they'd hid their stuff a little too well and couldn't find it?
All of these feelings and questions go through my mind every time I see this pottery vessel stuffed with treasure. The small-value bronze coins are all of the Late Roman Empire and date from 268 to 273. In particular, the hoard is dominated by examples from the reign of Tetricus I (271-274). The collection was discovered in 1979 in Fontanil-Cornillon, Isère. Today, this is an area on the north-western edge of Grenoble, but in the third century it would have probably been open countryside.

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Dear Visionary Leader,
Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, the President of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference in the United States of America, is the recipient of The Global Synergize Award For 2016. Rev. Rodriguez is also the Lead Pastor of New Season Church in Sacramento, California. The NHCLC is the largest Evangelical group of Hispanics in North America. CNN and Fox News named Rodriguez, "The leader of the Hispanic Evangelical movement". NBC/Telemundo called him "America's most influential Latino Evangelical leader". Rev. Samuel Rodriguez was nominated by TIME magazine for their "100 Most Influential People in The World" list in 2013 and his description of the Latino faith community emerged as their April 15, 2013 cover story, The Latino Reformation.
Each year, the Billion Soul Network names two influential leaders who demonstrate synergistic leadership, across denominational lines for the fulfillment of the Great Commission. BSN believes it is impossible for any organization to complete the Great Commission alone, but together it is possible!
In January, 2016, BSN also named Rev. Eddy Leo, Founding Pastor of Abba Ministries in Indonesia, as the recipient of The Global Synergize Award for 2016. Abba Ministries averages more than 20,000 attendees each weekend. Over the last 20 years, Pastor Leo and his teams have won and discipled more than 200,000 men throughout Indonesia. Pastor Leo has built the strongest interdenominational network in Indonesia today.


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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — As if they were two ships passing in the night, Peyton and Eli Manning, two quarterbacks passing into the evening, met briefly on the field at game's finish.
Except at the family picnic or a Pro Bowl, it was likely the last time the Right Bros. will play a game against each other.
For the third time the older brother got the victory, the kid brother got the nosebleed.
And neither would — or could — stand to watch the other brother.
In the third quarter, for example, when Eli and the Giants, down 17-6 to the Broncos, had possession at their 19-yard line, Peyton sat on the bench at the 45-yard line, bowed his head and stared at photographs of the defensive obstacles before him.
As Eli threw incomplete deep, Peyton had his back turned. When a flag was thrown for a pass interference call against the Broncos, Peyton was talking to two wide receivers. As Eli picked up a first down with a short toss, Peyton was doing leg stretches. And when the Giants reached the Broncos 3, Peyton was listening to offensive coordinator Adam Gase.
After the Giants scored to cut the lead to one point (17-16), Peyton pulled on his helmet and headed out for his turn at quarterback. Eli sprinted to his bench, pulled off his helmet, leaned back and was encircled by two coaches and three receivers.
As Peyton hurried, hurried the Broncos from their 20 to the Giants' 33, Eli, paying no attention, grabbed a phone behind the bench and apparently was calling an assistant upstairs — and not ordering a pizza from Papa John's.
Meanwhile, papa Archie and mama Olivia were in a MetLife Stadium suite "staying as invisible as we can be," according to what the family patriarch(ie) had told me Friday. If there were still tie games in the NFL, as when Archie joined the New Orleans Saints in 1971, that's what the folks would wish for.
But, by the time Peyton had completed three passes (and carving up the Giants), and Eli alternately looked at the turf, then the sky, anywhere but at his brother, the Broncos had a 24-16 lead at the end of the quarter.
The fourth quarter would be stronger than Greek warrior Ajax for Manning and the Broncos, and the Giants, and Eli, disappeared like a rent check.
The Broncos trailed early 3-0 and 9-7, but their advantage would swell in the final quarter to 15 points, then 22, settling the matter with 10 minutes still remaining.
Both Peyton and Eli occasionally would glance at the massive flatscreens located at the corners of the stadium, but always at one away from where the action was. Perhaps a brother didn't want to see a brother be hit or fail. But, probably, each was staying within himself and didn't want to be distracted, standing on the sideline gaping at his brother's play — even though they've been on the same field in only two previous games of meaning.
When Peyton, now 37, and Eli, 32, were young, Peyton played high school ball, and Eli would show up at his elder brother's practices and try to sneak onto the field for a few plays. When Peyton was in college, Eli was the star player at the same high school, and when Eli got to Ole Miss, Peyton already had reached acclaim in pro football. Finally, they were together, apart, in different conference in the NFL. Peyton's Colts beat Eli's Giants twice.
The Broncos and the Giants won't be scheduled again until 2017.
By then, it could be the Brock Osweiler-Eli Manning Bowl, which doesn't have quite the same ringtone. A Super Bowl rematch isn't probable this season or the next three seasons. Consider the odds. When do brothers meet in the Super Bowl? Well, there was last season with the Harbaughs.
If you're keeping score at home, Eli produced more passing yardage Sunday — 362 to 307 — but a bunch of that was in waste management time. Eli completed 28-of-49 for one touchdown, but four interceptions (and seven in the Giants' 0-2 start). Peyton was 30-of-43 with two touchdowns and zero picks and 40-plus points in two victories.
In the pregame warm-ups, the brothers spied each other and, Eli said, "chatted for about 10 minutes, mostly brother talk. After that, there was no interaction."
When the season is over, Peyton and Eli finally will meet again — at Domilise's on Annunciation Street, where, as boys, they constantly shared po' boy sandwiches and Barq's root beer and talked about the day when they would be playing quarterback against each other in the NFL.
Did Olivia ever say to Peyton: "You let your little brother win one time?"
Must not have.
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Just admit you're in the technology business, already (or, beyond business and I.T. alignment)Posted by Joshua Merritt in Indulgent Accordion Solo on May 3, 2012 10:42:05 PM
I have designed some awful t-shirts in my life. In fact, I've started 3 different t-shirt companies in my life, my first at 16 (featuring some stupid quip about my virtual pet eating my family that even I don't get anymore). I realized today how much I have learned about business – and technology – in the eighteen years since I started out, and how different the relationship between the two is now. In fact, I posit that business and I.T. are now so intertwined that the companies treating them separately – with I.T. still viewed as a cost center, or perhaps as an execution arm – will get left behind, if they haven't already. Hear me out.
When I started, the entire t-shirt business was pretty old-school. Yes, I sketched my artwork with a computer. But that's where technology ended. Everything else, from the printshop to the retailers I sold my designs through, were pretty much offline. Digital schmigital. People still paid by check. I still drove to the bank. My shirts were still sold in something called stores. The kind people actually drove to.
Today? A few years back I built a new t-shirt business from the ground up. I built an ecommerce site. I developed my own order and inventory management system, and a rudimentary CRM system to track my wholesale relationships. I integrated to shipping company API's, built online order tracking systems, and drove visitors to my site through a tireless arsenal of paid search, social media, and press relations. I processed returns and customer service requests in a basic help system. My marketing database was tied to my customer order history and my email marketing system. All by myself, and all from behind a computer.
Whooptee freaking doo, right? Why does any of this matter?
I could never have done what I did – turned an initial $300 investment into a six figure business in a little over a year – without technology. The same stuff that enormous I.T. departments in Fortune 500 corporations do – enable transactions, track goods, support both customer and back-office facing services – I did on my own, on a much smaller scale, from a cheap laptop sitting on my sofa. Perhaps more importantly (for me, and many companies 10,000 times my size), I could never have reached the amount of customers I did a tsuch a low cost. Sales and marketing –two pillars of the "business" – are now married at the hip to technology. I moved $36,000 in t-shirts over 4 weeks from a single email social media engagement that made its' way to CNN.
I.T. analysts talk quite a bit these days about business and IT alignment. I think it's important to further qualify that idea a bit: everyone in business today is in the technology business. The two may be kept separate from an organizational standpoint, but if your company is still suffering from or stoking tension between I.T. and your business units, it's time to act swiftly and without mercy.
Examples of business/IT joint successes:
- If you can shave a few milliseconds off a retail transaction time, how much faster does a line move? How much does customer satisfaction improve? How much more revenue does that earn? I shop at Target (almost) purely for the joy of watching my receipt print out the moment my card is swiped.
- Brilliant business plans – like giving away games and earning through in-app purchases and advertising – are marriages between business and I.T. strategy. My daughter wants to buy smurfberries, or something like that, on her ipod touch. Smurfberries. She's 7.
- Social media and the helpdesk - I love this one. Called a major web hosting provider and couldn't get my complaint resolved over the phone. Posted my problem publicly to twitter and their twitter support crew solved my problem in minutes. The business understands the importance of social media and ZMOT, and has clearly worked with I.T. to bridge the two - so much so, that the phone support guys may not have access to the same level of approvals to resolve customer matters.
I'll argue (and I think win) that customer expectations have surpassed most company's technical realities today. I downloaded an airline app the other day that let me check in from my phone – but not access my boarding pass, which I was still supposed to collect at the airline counter or kiosk. Ummm, fail. Good business and technology idea, poor collaboration.
I've bought stuff online for "in-store pickup" recently where the wait for the in-store pickup line was longer than just grabbing the item off the shelves and going through the regular checkout. Meh, I'll pass on that experience next time. Technology was there, but business process wasn't in line (and as a result, neither was I).
One national chain lets me order my sandwich at the click of a button from my phone, and it's delivered to me "freakishly fast." The sandwich is honestly just okay, but the experience is amazing. I've spent hundreds with them this year.
Why go the bookstore when I can flip on my Kindle?
Why buy any music ever when there is Spotify?
Why call anyone every for anything when you can do it online? And if you can't, is it worth doing (outdoor activities and general human involvement aside)?
Can't pinpoint a similarly revolutionary experience in your industry? Good for you. Put I.T. and your business together in a room and be the one who comes out winning.
A few companies are setting the bar so extremely high – many of them scrappy startups with multi-billion dollar valuations overnight, a few of them very established companies that saw the vision early and smoked out the dissenters in the ranks – that customers are now disappointed by what was considered an acceptable experience just a couple years ago. We want our coffee before we order it, dammit, and that's hardly a joke. I researched, decided on, negotiated, and financed my car purchase last month entirely online. If the car companies are listening, let's go the extra mile: why do I need to sign 50 papers and wait in your lobby for two hours? Why do I even need to wait for an email response to my offer? Can't we set business rules and let technology barter with me?
In short, It's everyone's job, mine included, to catch up to our customers. And knowing that, why wouldn't your business and technology strategies – and leaders – to be joined at the hip?


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Yamaha Japan today announced the YSP-5100 [JP], a digital sound projector for your home theater. Sized at 1,200×90×212mm and weighing 11kg, Yamaha says the device is suitable for 50-inch TVs or video projectors. It supports 7.1 surround sound and is compatible with dts-HD, dts ES and Dolby TruHD/Digital Plus/Digital/ Digital EX/Pro Logic and Pro LogicⅡ/x.
The 120W(2W×40+20W×2) projector sports five HDMI interfaces, an iPod port and an additional sub woofer connection.
It will be out at the end of this month in Japan (price: $2,280). The projector has both Japanese and English menus so we can expect it to hit international markets soon, too.


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"Stop waiting for what you want, and start working with what you've got. Your greatest limitation is God's greatest opportunity." -Steven Furtick
Most of us tell ourselves that if I had_______ then I would_________. (You fill in the blank.) Realistically everyone has limitations, and although it's OK to dream, limitations don't go away because we dream. On the contrary it's when we embrace and work within our limitations that God is able to take the little that we have and do exceedingly more than we could ever imagine!
And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? (Exodus 4:2, KJV).


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Reported: 8/29/2007 2:00:48 AM 02:00
Posted: 10/8/2007
Location: Lansing, MI
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while driving from Lansing to St.Johns an object appeared about 300 feet above the tree tops on the west side of the highway. seen it from Lansing and got up to Round Lake exit about 3-4 minutes. had three lights 2 white 1 red that pulsed/flashed slowly. never moved even as i drove past it. as i drove past it I could just barely make out the shape of it. looking at it from the side the back was large and the front came to a point. like a triangle. 1 white light was at the front and at the back was a red and a white light
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Minnesota accent named one of the least sexy in America
U.S. News and World Report just named Minnesota the third best state in the nation. We're the only state to make the top three for three years in a row.
But apparently there's one thing we're not: sexy.
Big 7 Travel just released the results of a survey ranking 50 regional accents based on how enticing they are to potential mates. This is where our descent begins. The Minnesota accent landed third from the bottom for our clipped "yahs" and "you betchas." We could only beat New Jersey and Long Island for sex appeal.
That's a far cry from the top five: Texas, Boston, New York, Maine, and our neighbors in Chicago, in that order. Hell, even "General American" (the accent you're most likely to hear on radio or TV) reached No. 32. Our best claim to fame is being "slightly boring, but nicely inoffensive to the ears."
So what is it about our stereotypical speech that turns people off? Big 7 certainly didn't have any explanations. This was all based on responses from its "1.5 million social audience."
The "Minnesotan accent," as we popularly know it, is a variant of the Upper Midwest accent, which you can also find in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Canada. When vocal coaches try to teach people how to learn or unlearn the accent for acting or public speaking purposes, they usually tell them to clench up their jaws, as if they're "smiling" even though they're not really happy, or merely trying to keep as much frigid northern air out of your mouth as possible.
But when people think about the way we talk, they're usually thinking about the 1996 black comedy Fargo. The Minnesotan accent is practically a character in itself, simultaneously conveying niceties, repression, charmingly vapid folksiness, and things left conspicuously unsaid.
Maybe it's these frigid connotations that give the Minnesotan accent a bad – or merely sexless – name. The good news is if Twitter's any indication, we're perfectly fine with how we sound, and perfectly ready to go to bed with a nice fellow who uses the word "uffda."
"I dunno about y'all," one user says, "But when I hear a Minnesotan woman say "Ope!" I'm done for."


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Downing-Frye Realty, Inc consistently ranked the #1 real estate company in Naples for more than
11 17 years!
The Downing-Frye Naples Real Estate name has been a part of Naples and Bonita history since the early 1960's. Over the years, the firm has grown into the largest in the area,based on number of agents. Currently, over 500 agents call Downing-Frye their home. The company has offices throughout the Naples and Bonita Springs area. "Despite it's size, it feels like a small family company " said Mike Hughes, Downing-Frye's vice president. Every month, the company throws a social event for it's agents. One month it might be a golf tournament. The next month it could be a happy hour or beach barbeque. The events get rotated and are open to family and friends of Downing-Frye agents. These events are not only fun, they also present unique networking opportunities for the agents.
Every year, since 2003, Downing-Frye has been voted Best Real Estate company by the Naples Daily News readers. This means a lot. Downing-Frye has earned the respect of the community and works hard to maintain it.
In 2008, Downing-Frye Realty made the top 100 real estate company list, per REALTOR® magazine, for the fifth year in a row based on closed sales volume.
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When Larry King leaves CNN later this year, we will lose the best interviewer on television. Larry has the unique ability and trained skill among the current crop of television interviewers to listen to his guest. He never tries to embarrass the guest or upstage him or her. He says, "I leave my ego at home." His interviews do not become shouting matches.
Over these many years I have watched and listened as he interviewed everyone from Billy Graham to Lady Gaga and I have admired his ability. He never becomes the show. Sometimes he does drool a little too much with some of the more glamorous stars and fawns a little too much over some athlete that no one cares about; however, if he were in one of my courses on communication he would definitely get an A. When the interview is over, I usually know what the guest thinks. Larry is a professing Jew, and he treats Billy Graham with tremendous respect. He is nuts about Nancy Reagan and he treats Hillary Clinton with the same respect. Even with someone like Netanyahu, who is determined not to say anything of the slightest importance, Larry turns in a good performance.
Katie Couric is the most logical successor to Larry. Katie is an excellent interviewer and given the relaxed nature of a show like Larry's, she would become even better. Like Larry she knows everyone and is respected by everyone except perhaps Sarah Palin. She knows how to listen and how to follow-up. She puts the interviewee at ease and creates a good atmosphere.
CNN is having its troubles and the departure of Larry will make matters worse for them. The top brass at the cable network would help their cause if they worked out a way to get Katie. I realize that the night belongs to the shouters and the constant conspiracy theorists not to mention the barrage of personality assassins, but so far CNN has proved a voice of reason. CNN should allow Katy to choose the guests. She has all the right contacts and knows who and what matters.


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Mississippi reworks school ratings to accent graduation
Board seeks public comment on revised rules
Mississippi is reworking its rating system for school districts and high schools after federal officials demanded the ratings put more weight on high school graduation.
The state Board of Education voted Friday to seek public comment on the revised rules, which would apply beginning with this year's ratings. Those ratings will be released this fall using testing and graduation results from the current school year.
State Superintendent Carey Wright said that when officials prepared to submit the new rating system for federal approval, U.S. Department of Education officials warned Mississippi that they would reject any system where high school graduation rates didn't account for at least 20 percent of all points. Mississippi's original plan called for graduation to count for 10 percent of the points used to calculate A-to-F grades.


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April is All the Kool Kids Month! Go Figure!
Sorry y'all who don't fit the profile! I know the, "Damn! Why was I born on March 31? I don't blame you, I would too…If I happened to fall off the "Kool Kids Train"…oops 🙂
I love April! Nor more 'smell' of Spring; it is upon us…in all the realness! The rain, the sun, the pollen, the cooler temperatures, and the flower blossoms! I love April, because I share this coolness with my other most important person in this world…the one who gave me a life —Sweet dear Mother (April 6)! My very beautiful niece too, is also a Kool Kid (April 6).
I love April because it is National Families and Reading Month. Who does not love reading? Thankfully, I gave birth to a reader; we know how to turn the pages, one after another. Often sharing our "pages" with the "paws",who surely enjoy the magic of our reading! This April, we are both reading to Child's class: child is reading on April 22, and I will be Guest Reading on April 28 – which also happens to be my Birthday!
What else will I do for my birthday? Not sure yet, but traditionally since childhood, I celebrate and make merry! At the very least, we celebrated with popcorn and tea, which were very big features of birthday celebrations in my family household. Last year, Child treated me to a special birthday, when he won the Student of April Month, with a coupon for a free meal at Friendly's. So, we decided to dine out on my Birthday! I am sure we'll be doing something funky and blinged this year as well, including receiving lots of love with y'all! Right?
What I am sure about this April, I will be running my maiden Big City Marathon, the oldest and most prestigious City Marathon born in 1897. It is The Big City Marathon, the rest are races, so they say. I have butterflies, self-doubts, thrills that a bride gets the morning of her wedding night. I am thinking, since I have never been one. Yet, I am super determined to do it. It is not my first time, but this is a Big Deal, Big City Deal! Lets…
Glad to be sharing April with some of the Koolest Kids on planet earth, especially since I am getting cooler myself! Now I know about Star Wars, Super Sonic, Beyblade and Wonder Woman. Now I know all about the solar system, and learning lots of astronomy, thanks to the Child. Plus, my birthday also happens to be International Astronomy Day.
Yeah! There are a couple of more Kool days you too would know about, if you were an April Kool Kid! I plan to enjoy a fair share of those, starting with Fooling Around (April 1); Read a Book with Children (April 2); Skip Work (April 3); Hug A Newman (April 4); Say no to Housework (April 7); Go Patriot [on the Boston Marathon trail] (April 20); pay homage to Earth Planet (April 22); Take a Chance (April 23); and Hug an Australian (April 26) who would become My Mate to Kiss (April 28), very appropriately on my Birthday! How Kool is That!
Oh! Before I go, CrowdRise asked me to tell you that I should 'give up my birthday to raise money for my favorite cause. I think this is awesome! Wait, how did CrowdRise know that I was already raising $$$ for my favorite charity of the year? Y'all know that I am running Boston Marathon 2015 with the Tufts Marathon Team (TMT); yeah, that's what's up!
All proceeds from my fundraising are going directly toward the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition toward support for research on nutrition, obesity, hunger and famine, and to sustain programs that promote health and wellness across the university and within our host communities of Medford, Somerville and Boston's Chinatown. Here is the link to my fundraiser; your gift is big to me, and will mean a lot to me and everyone who benefits from Tufts University Medical Services! Please support, and make me the Koolest Kid, ever!
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- Scrape, wash and shred or grate the carrots.
- Add the sugar to l¼cups water in a pan and bring to a boil, stir to dissolve the sugar. Now add the carrots, almonds, pistachios, lemon juice, cardamom and rosewater and bring back to a boil.
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The latest Justice League poster, designed by BOND, is continuing the film's trend of spewing out unusually gorgeous promo material. Seriously, the posters for Justice League have been spot on from the start. Just look at these. Or these for that matter. We would frame them all.
Justice League stars Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Ben Affleck as Batman, Ray Fisher as Cyborg, Ezra Miller as The Flash, Jason Momoa as Aquaman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth, JK Simmons as Commissioner Gordon, Ciaran Hinds as Steppenwolf, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Billy Crudup as Henry Allen, Amber Heard as Mera, Willem Dafoe as Vulko, Kiersey Clemons as Iris West, Connie Nielsen as Queen Hippolyta, Joe Morton as Dr Silas Stone and Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor.
Zack Snyder is directing, with Chris Terrio writing the screenplay, Jon Berg, Geoff Johns, Charles Roven and Deborah Snyder producing and Junkie XL composing the score.
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A young widowed father opening up about living with loss
My son woke me up with a kiss this morning and then immediately told me to mind my own business. I hadn't even said I word. He's so like his mum in his sense of humour, I thought.
Having only just roused from a half-dream state, my mind was still wandering. It found itself back at Desreen's old flat in east London listening to the noise of a party, which started roughly as we went to bed that night and showed no sign of letting up when we decided to stop trying to sleep by morning. The music yoyoed from drum and bass to eighties pop; I laughed to myself as I thought about the cheap cider-fuelled iPod wars that had no doubt gone on throughout the extended session.
Neither of us would ever have bothered complaining about the noise. We both loved it when young people made the most of being as selfish and immature as they're 'entitled' to. And I guess that's why I'm writing today – because I miss those old times.
Life moves on when you fall in love young. I remember never really wanting to get into a relationship in my twenties because I was having such a great time hanging out with my old friends and making new ones. But then it happened and we all fell like dominoes; one after another we were all getting married and having kids.
For a while life really didn't change that much. Desreen and I fought the cliché of 'settling down' and tried our best to maintain the lives as we loved before becoming parents. We still had a great time together as a couple, and individually with our friends. I miss them too.
I miss seeing them and being able to do my own thing without the guilt attached to leaving my son with anyone else but his mum. It's so hard to ever truly feel the freedom we once afforded one another when you have to ask others for help.
Then there's the complete lack of time. I feel like all I ever say to the friends I haven't seen for a while is that 'we much catch up soon'.
When though? These days I find time is like milk in a fridge – you assume there will always be some there but if a few people take just a small splash in their tea, it runs out before you know it. And what with work, school and life in general, the calendar's already full and my old life is barely skimmed.
It feels like, one way or the other, time costs guilt. I either feel bad about not making time for others or unfair on my son when I spend time away from him.
Today's memories of the past made me remember how joyful it was when time was ours to spend. Stealing time, like stealing anything, however, can play heavy on your conscience.
If only there were two of me. Or, more to the point, if only there were two of us.
I miss the day of having someone to do nothing with
I also miss having someone ask me would I like a cup of tea then go make it for me.
I was fortune enough to have almost 27years with my husband. I don't know if I'll meet someone else but if I do I think they might get a better me, the one that won't moan about trivial things because I've found out the hard way that life is far to short for that
I heard you on the radio this morning. I have lived through the same thing a long time ago. I can feel you have great understanding of your son, of the right words, the right time and great gentleness. 'it's dead but it's still beautiful' moved me deeply. all my very best wishes.


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1. What do you think about the track records Rosalie mentions, hers and the others? How many people do you think Esme has killed? Emmett? Alice?
I think Rosalie mentions that because she wants to show that she is stronger than we others. She always wants to be the best!!! I can't believe that Esme has killed lots of people. She is to kind to do that!!! On the other hand, I don't think that Emmett could control himself, especially as a newborn... As for Alice, I really can't tell! She has spend some years alone without been "vegeterian" but I believe she killed only if it was necessary....
2. What do you think about Edward's reaction to Rosalie being changed?
In my opinion, Edward was prejudiced about Rosalie. I think he treated her like that because he found her selfcenter or because he had heard Carlisle thoughts about he and Rosalie together...
3. Rosalie set out to kill the men who had harmed her. Do you think any of the Cullens helped her? How do you think Carlisle felt about her killing people?
Rosalie wanted to revenge. But I think it was something she wanted to do alone. Carlisle maybe tried to convince her not to do it but he also gave her the choise to do whatever she wants to.
4. What do you think about Rosalie's reasons for disliking Bella? Do they make more sense now that you know her story?
I think that now we can see Rose differently but I found her attitude pointless. She never thought that Bella might want something different. No babies and human life...
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I can't even BEGIN to even SPECULATE as to how may people each Vampire killed. I think it was good of Rosalie that she didn't taste human blood. I'm also proud of the fact that, even through all of her tragedy, she didn't want any of their blood "in her"Alphie wrote:1. What do you think about the track records Rosalie mentions, hers and the others? How many people do you think Esme has killed? Emmett? Alice?
On one hand since he could read her thoughts, he probably knew she'd be a handful.2. What do you think about Edward's reaction to Rosalie being changed?
On the 2nd hand, he was probably afraid it would expose the family since she was so recognizable
AS AN ASIDE: Rosalie had been frozen for 78yrs. She mentioned she had two younger brothers. No mention was ever made if there was a search party sent out for her, if her parents and brothers died knowing she had been "missing" her whole life, and no one ever found her, etc. It would have been nice if that part of the story had been concluded.


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After working as researcher for over 10 years in the fields of physiology and statistics, I qualified as a homeopath at the College of Practical Homeopathy UK (CPH) and have since applied my understanding of ecology to human health.
During my course at CPH, I helped setting up several low-cost homeopathic clinics in London and I am now dedicated dealing with people of different age groups with a wide variety of complaints, locally and internationally. In my individualised and highly scientific approach to well being I apply nutrition, homeopathy, phytotherapy, iridology and counselling as assisting tools .
Alongside my clinic practice, I engage in developing the best teaching materials with Ellen Kramer at CPH, helping undergraduates comprehending and applying the principles of homeopathy to the modern patient and becoming professional and competent therapist for the future. As an affiliate member and online-tutor at CPH, I have developed "Scientific Research Methods for Modern Homeopaths" and I also supervise homeopathy students and practitioners during their entrance years in the professional practice.
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Secretary Duncan talks with Barbara Kamara, an Early Child Learning Consultant working with DCPNI.
Secretary Duncan and DC Mayor Vincent Gray visit DCPNI and the Cesar Chavez Public Charter School campus.
Secretary Duncan and others tour the CCPCS Mobile Medical Clinic prior to the DCPNI Town Hall Meeting.
Secretary Duncan, Alma Powell of America's Promise Alliance, DC Mayor Vincent Gray, and staff from the Mobile Medical Clinic.
Secretary Duncan is welcomed to CCPCS by student.
Oramenta Newsome, Executive Director of DC Local Initiative Support Corporation, explains how partners have worked together.
CCPCS Student Trevon Epps shares with the audience that DCPNI has given him hope for his future. He now plans to go to college.
Secretary Duncan with CCPCS Founder and CEO Irasema Salcido, Alma Powell of America's Promise Alliance, Melody Barnes.
Kenilworth/Parkside residents, students from Kenilworth and Neval Thomas Elementary Schools, and DCPNI partners, and funders.
Secretary Duncan responds to the DCPNI presentation of its planning process and the positive impact on the community.
Alma Powell of America's Promise Alliance serves as the honorary chair of the DCPNI Advisory Board.
Alma Powell shares the traditional Massai greeting with the audience: And how are the children?


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Nunavut 2017
During the October 2017 Nunavut election, GreenPAC interviewed two candidates to shed light on the key environmental issues the territory is facing, and how they envision environmental political leadership in Nunavut. We published excerpts from the interviews in our blog post below.
Given its geographic location, Nunavut faces some of the most tangible climate change impacts of any Canadian jurisdiction. Candidates Adam Lightstone, running in the Iqaluit-Manirajak constituency, and Franco Buscemi in the Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu riding, both said the climate crisis needs to be addressed now.
Nunavut is unique in Canada for its non-partisan legislative system, and because people's livelihoods are so directly intertwined with nature.
Both candidates pointed to Nunavut's unique ability to promote environmental values in a non-party electoral system. Lightstone said it will take a lot of cooperation in the territorial legislature to get programs up and running to produce tangible results, but that's all the more reason for other local environmental leaders to run for office.
Buscemi said his connection with the environment began with his experiences as a child—playing outside, splashing in puddles, picking berries. As an adult, he's part of a strong hunting and gathering culture that gives many people in Nunavut a daily relationship with their environment.
That connection means "the environment is still the biggest factor" as Nunavut finds its place in an industrialized world, says Buscemi. Which is why Lightstone said Canadians "need to start making changes to save our communities, culture, and planet for future generations."
A New Focus on Climate Change
Lightstone suggested that while Nunavut has always been geared towards the environment, it has mostly focused on environmental protection, to make sure economic development doesn't interfere with traditional land uses and wildlife habitats. But despite the climate change impacts they see every day, the territory's remote communities still rely heavily on fossil fuels for essential air travel and diesel for local power generation.
Lightstone pointed to solar energy incentives, along with local greenhouse installations to reduce energy use while promoting food security, as tangible changes that would help Nunavut build a more environmentally sound future, while significantly cutting household bills.
Given the high cost of Nunavut's current energy mix, Buscemi agreed that the effort to reduce the territory's carbon footprint would also bring down costs. With population growth ahead, leading to increased pressure on power, water, and other infrastructure, he said now is the time to plan for a more economically and environmentally sound future.
Making Environment the Priority
In his visits to homes across Iqaluit-Manirajak, Lightstone is meeting people who are pleased that the environment is becoming a top priority.
While Franco and Lightstone have different ideas of how to address climate change, they both see the need for long-term planning and cleaner energy sources to ensure a better future, cut carbon emissions, and reduce costs.
"If we don't have an environment that's clean and sustainable, it doesn't matter how educated we are," Lightstone said.
"Climate change is already being felt. If we don't act now, it's our children and grandchildren who are going to be affected."
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Chelsea are safely through to the Capital One Cup fourth round thanks to goals from Fernando Torres and Ramires on Tuesday evening.
Two strikes within eight first-half minutes did the damage against a Swindon side on a good run of form capable of playing tidy football but lacking a killer edge.
For much of the game the same could be said of Chelsea, with a number of chances passed up over the 90 minutes, but at the decisive moments, our class, and that of Torres in particular shone through, first when he poked home from close range after Juan Mata's shot had been saved, and then when he turned exquisitely to release substitute Ramires to chip home.
The Brazilian was only involved due to Marco van Ginkel's early injury, which saw the young Dutchman limp off after twisting a knee, and Ramires himself was withdrawn at the break.
In the second half, Swindon had one effort ruled out for offside while Mark Schwarzer saved well on his Chelsea debut before Torres, Willian and Demba Ba all came close to adding to the winning margin. Next up is Tottenham at White Hart Lane on Saturday.
Team news
Jose Mourinho made 10 changes from the side which beat Fulham on Saturday, with Gary Cahill the only survivor in the centre of defence. That meant a debut for Schwarzer, our oldest ever debutant at 40, and a first Chelsea appearance in over a year for captain Michael Essien, who was taking the armband for the first time.
As promised by the manager, there were recalls for Cesar Azpilicueta, Ryan Bertrand, David Luiz and Mata, while Van Ginkel and Willian made only their second starts for the Blues.
First half
There was bad news early on for the Blues, however, as Van Ginkel had to be replaced after just nine minutes following a painful looking fall in which he looked to have twisted his knee. Ramires was the replacement.
Soon afterwards came the game's first attempt at goal, David Luiz testing the reflexes of Swindon goalkeeper Wes Foderingham with a wicked, dipping free-kick that was beaten away into play. Fifteen minutes later Foderingham was called into action again, this time saving bravely from Torres who had been slipped through one-on-one by Mata.
Torres would soon make amends, putting the Blues in front with a simple tap-in after the home keeper had made an excellent stop to deny Mata after Ramires had squared for the playmaker.
Swindon were yet to threaten, with Chelsea efficiently winning back possession in our own half, and now, beginning to use it to effect more regularly.
The second goal was not long in coming, as this time Torres became the provider, turning his man and sliding a pass into the box for Ramires to reach before Foderingham and dink over the goalkeeper into the net.
Massimo Luongo brought a diving fingertip save from Schwarzer as the Robins sought a route back into the contest, and Cahill almost presented it when his loose touch looked to have freed Nile Ranger, but the defender recovered well to tackle before the former Newcastle striker could shoot. Alex Pritchard did test Schwarzer once more from distance before the break but it was easy pickings for the Chelsea man and we went in at the break looking well in control.
Second half
A second Chelsea change came at the break with Ramires brought off after his decisive cameo, and John Terry on in his place. David Luiz stepped up to midfield where he performed so impressively towards the end of last season.
From his more advanced position, albeit at a dead ball, David Luiz was able to demonstrate his passing ability when his early pass picked out De Bruyne in opposition territory, but the Belgian, clean in on goal, was unable to control.
Swindon thought they had pulled a goal back six minutes after the restart when Dany N'Guessan headed home Jay McEveley's inswinging free-kick, but an offside flag was able to spare Chelsea blushes and ensure the two-goal lead remained.
Essien was booked for a tug shortly afterwards, and from this set-piece Pritchard again worked Schwarzer, but again it was fairly straightforward for the Australian, who then saved from N'Guessan, the forward again offside however, at close range.
Back on the front foot, Chelsea almost killed the game off with just over 25 minutes remaining, when De Bruyne's powerful drive was spilled by Foderingham, but Torres could not muscle his way through a crowd of defenders to convert the rebound.
Torres then had a clearer chance after a well weighted pass from De Bruyne, but the shot was too straight at Foderingham's legs, and Willian skied the rebound when he should have scored.
With time ticking away, Swindon looked to be out of ideas. Mourinho gave De Bruyne, who had performed well, a rest, putting Demba Ba in for the final 15 minutes on the left flank. It was the other wide man, Willian though, who should have opened his account when he latched onto a Mata pass but slotted his finish the wrong side of the post, much to Torres's frustration with the striker waiting at the far post for a simple finish.
Four minutes from time Ba almost had his moment, linking brilliantly with Torres, cutting inside but shooting like Willian, just past the far post with the goalkeeper beaten.
There would be one final opportunity for a third, Torres racing through the home defence before attempting to round Foderingham, who held him up and saved well before Willian's effort was cleared off the line.
Tonight, it didn't matter and we progress to the last 16. On another day, those chances may need to be taken.
Swindon (4-2-3-1): Foderingham; Thompson, Hall, Ward (c), McEveley; Kasim, Luongo; N'Guessan, Pritchard, Ajose (Elgabas 72); Ranger (Thompson h-t).
Unused substitutes: Belford, Storey, Barthram, Branco, Wood.
Booked Thompson 76
Chelsea (4-2-3-1): Schwarzer; Azpilicueta, Cahill, David Luiz, Bertrand; Essien (c), Van Ginkel (Ramires 9 (Terry h-t)); Willian, Mata, De Bruyne (Ba 77); Torres.
Unused substitutes: Blackman, Baker, Schurrle, Eto'o.
Goals Torres 28, Ramires 34
Booked Azpilicueta 43, Essien 53
Referee Michael Oliver
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The ultra-rugged phone maker's first NFC handset offers special features designed for tough commercial applications.
Rugged phone specialist Sonim Technologies has announced its first NFC handset, the XP1301 Core NFC, a device the firm is targeting at markets including cleaning, security guarding, facilities management, equipment maintenance and home visit healthcare.
The handset, described as "the world's most rugged NFC phone", boasts a reading range of four centimetres with 99% reliability, delivered by Inside Secure's MicroRead hardware and Open NFC protocol stack.
In contrast to many consumer handsets the device can run NFC applications in background mode, even when they're not displayed on the screen. Additionally, if they have been certified by Sonim, applications can also be configured to auto-start when the phone is turned on, eliminating the need for the worker to select the application from a menu.
The company also says the device has the longest battery life of any mobile phone for NFC usage, providing up to five days of continuous NFC operations with 20 tag reads and server updates per hour.
Like all of the firm's rugged handsets the XP1301 is fully waterproof, can be dropped from two metres onto concrete with no ill effects, and boasts an impact- and puncture-proof Corning Gorilla Glass screen.
"The XP1301 Core NFC will withstand hard use every day for three years or more, has battery life under heavy use longer than the longest work shift and comes with enterprise level service and support," says Sonim's Sanjay Jhawar. "This kind of extreme reliability delivers a total cost of ownership that allows every front-line worker to be included".
The XP1301 Core NFC is available immediately from Sonim partners and integrators and retails at £289 in the UK and €355 in Europe before tax and any subsidy.
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PlayStation Vita owners can use the console as a controller, complete with its features, to control their Sack persons on the PlayStation 3 game via the Cross-Controller DLC pack.
It has been a rumour that has been doing the rounds for quite some time and despite that its announcement has still come as a surprise as Media Molecule announce the Cross-Controller DLC Pack for LittleBigPlanet.
Similar to what the studio did with the original LittleBigPlanet game, where Media Molecule, the game's developer, released a PlayStation Move compatibility pack, the studio is now set to release a DLC which will make the game compatible with the PlayStation Vita.
So far, the Vita has only been able to support Cross-Play, which means that players who have a particular game on the PlayStation 3 can play against those who have a specific game on the Vita, such as PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and WipEout 2048.
So one can understand Steven Isbell, the LittleBigPlanet Community Coordinator's, enthusiasm when he boasted that LittleBigPlanet 2 is "the first game to support this exciting new feature!"
He went on to explain what the DLC would bring to the deal. "Cross-Controller lets you use (the) PS Vita as a controller for PlayStation 3, allowing the use of PS Vita-only features, like front and rear touch, in PlayStation 3 games."
That is not all as the DLC comes with its own unique storyline and plot as well, with the levels designed to take advantage of the PlayStation Vita's various features. He elaborated, "Sackboy joins up with a group of lovable Space Pirates as they race to find a valuable treasure long thought lost to the Cosmos. On their adventure they'll encounter new obstacles that can only be overcome with the help of PS Vita's unique features."
He did not stop there either as there is even more on offer for anyone who purchases and downloads the content from the PlayStation Store as the creation tool kit has been expanded to allow for the community to develop stages with the Vita as the controller in mind.
Or, as Steven put it, the community will get "new tools that let them create Cross-Controller levels for the community to play."
The DLC is not free though, though it does not have much of an asking price either, considering the content on offer. Priced at $4.99 and set for release on the 18th of December, the Cross-Controller DLC Pack for the game comes in just in time for Christmas and Sony will be hoping that it generates enough buzz to get a few more Vitas off the shelves.
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VERNON - Gentle, humble and sweet are the words friends use to describe a 95-year-old war veteran who has been charged with second degree murder.
John Furman (Jack to his friends) had been living at the Polson Special Care Unit for two weeks, and rooming with William May, 85, for only three days, when he allegedly killed the man. Furman suffers advanced Alzheimers and dementia, and is being assessed in a psychiatric ward in Kamloops to determine if he can be held criminally responsible for the death.
To those that know Furman, the news was so shocking they almost didn't believe it. Ron Candy, curator of the Greater Vernon Museum and Archives got to know him over the course of several years and describes him as "a real sweet old guy."
"We (at the museum) were completely shocked. Our first comment was that's so unlike Jack. That's so uncharacteristic of him," Candy says. "Because we knew him by Jack and the news was saying John, we weren't convinced at first it was him."
Furman was born in Calgary in 1918 and enlisted in the King's Own Rifles in 1942. He was handpicked for the First Special Service Force (known as the Devil's Brigade) just months later. Training for the special service was intense: Furman learned how to parachute, downhill ski, and rock climb in addition to receiving combat training. Candy equates the Devil's Brigade to today's Navy Seals, adding they "did the difficult, dangerous missions." Furman was awarded a Bronze Star Medal in 2007 for his heroism.
During his years as a soldier, Furman survived several brushes with death. While fighting in Italy in 1943, he survived a harsh battle that left 77 per cent of his comrades dead. A year later, he was shot in the neck and chest. He recovered, and served the force for another two years.
By then he was 28 and ready for other things: a wife, a new home and a new career. He married his childhood sweetheart Myrle Dunn and moved west to B.C. A man of many trades, Furman started selling Snap-On merchandise, opened a hotel called the Flamingo and became a volunteer fire chief in Hope. Around 1971, he retired, moved to Vernon and spent his days boating on Kal Lake, gardening at his tidy Coldstream home, and volunteering with Big Brothers. He and Myrle, who died about five years ago, never had children.
Candy interviewed Furman about his experience with the Devil's Brigade and the museum included him in a special wartime exhibit a few years ago. The highlight of Furman's year was always attending the Special Forces reunion wherever it was in the world—France, Italy, or the United States.
"He was proud of what he'd done, but was very humble," Candy says. "He never came across as boastful or bragging. He downplayed a lot of things."
Furman would come in from time to time, and his visits were welcomed by staff.
"When he came in, you knew the next 15-20 minutes you'd be having fun," Candy says. "He loved to joke and was always smiling."
The manager of a Vernon grocery store remembers him well, saying that cashiers would light up whenever he came in.
"He was the most charismatic man in his 80s that you could find," Craig Dickson says. "The Alzheimers and dementia... that's not who he is."
Furman has no living relatives, to Dickson's knowledge, and indicated to him numerous times that he intends to leave his estate to the Canadian government because the Department of Veteran's Affairs "had been so good to him."
Dickson, like others who know Furman, couldn't believe the headlines he read this week as news broke on what police are calling a homicide.
"It's upsetting to me or anyone that knew him to think he was put in a situation that made things go so wrong," Dickson says. "He was the type of guy you wanted as your neighbour, that you wanted as your friend, as someone to back you up. Jack was just Jack."
And to his friends, he still is just Jack, no matter what transpired in that care home room.
"We'll remember Jack as we knew him, not what this disease turned him into," Candy says. "He was a victim of a tragic turn of events."
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Wonderfully situated on a tranquil street in central Paris, this small studio apartment offers romantic views over the rooftops to the Eiffel Tower, about a 20-minute walk away.
Set on the sixth floor (with lift), this tiny but functional apartment measures 15 metres square, and sleeps 2 guests in a sofa bed. Soundproofed with double-glazed windows, it has a kitchenette for preparing simple meals, French windows offering spectacular views, a TV, and a compact bathroom with a very narrow shower.
The Studio Eiffel-Lecourbe is surrounded by a wide choice of shops, restaurants and cafés. It's about a 20-minute stroll from the famous Montparnasse Cemetery, where luminaries like Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir are buried, and about 20 minutes on foot in the other direction to the Champs de Mars, the famous gardens which contain the Eiffel Tower. Excellent public transport links mean you can reach sights around the French capital quickly and easily.
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U.S. retailer Macy's said Wednesday that sales at its stores open at least one full fiscal year fell 7.1 percent in January, and announced restructuring plans to cut costs.
Macy's said the restructuring would result in the elimination of roughly 2,300 positions.
Total sales for the four weeks ended Feb. 2 at the parent of Macy's and Bloomingdale's fell 28.4 percent to $1.28 billion as a retail calendar change resulted in one less week of sales in the month.
Analysts, on average, expected a drop of 5.7 percent in same-store sales, according to Reuters Estimates.
The company said it would consolidate its U.S. operations to end up with fewer divisions. For instance, its Macy's North headquarters in Minneapolis would be integrated with its New York-based Macy's East operations.
The overall consolidation will affect more than 2,500 jobs in various divisions, Macy's said. The retailer has 188,000 employees.
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Dr. Andrew Hayes
Professor, Quantitative
230 Lazenby Hall
1827 Neil Ave
Columbus, OH
- B.A., Psychology, San Jose State University, 1991
- Ph.D., Psychology, Cornell University, 1996
Quantitative Professor; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1996 - Resampling based methods of inference (such as bootstrapping and permutation tests), small sample data analysis, consequences of assumption violations in linear models as well as mediation and moderation analysis.
Research Interests
My primary research interests revolve around linear regression analysis and structural equation modeling. Recently, this research has focused on the estimation and interpretation of of intervening variable models ("mediation analysis") and models with interaction effects ("moderation analysis"), as well as their combination ("conditional process modeling"). I am also deeply interested in computationally-intensive statistical methods for inference, such as bootstrapping and randomization tests, and facilitating their implementation and use in popularly-used statistical software.
Selected Publications
Hayes, A. F., & Rockwood, N. J. (in press). Conditional process analysis: Concepts, computation, and advances in the modeling of contingencies of mechanisms. American Behavioral Scientist.
Coutts, J. J., Hayes, A. F., & Jiang, T. (in press). Easy statistical mediation analysis with distinguishable dyadic data. Journal of Communication.
Hayes, A. F. (2018). Partial, conditional, and moderated moderated mediation: Quantification, interference, and interpretation. Communication Monographs, 85, 4-40.
Hayes, A. F. (2018). Introduction to mediation, moderation, and conditional process analysis: A regression based approach (2nd Edition). New York: The Guilford Press [Publishers page]
Hayes, A. F., Montoya, A. K., & Rockwood, N. J. (2017). The analysis of mechanisms and their contingencies: PROCESS versus structural equation modeling. Australasian Marketing Journal, 25, 76-81.
Hayes, A. F., & Rockwood, N. J. (2017). Regression-based statistical mediation and moderation analysis in clinical research: Observations, recommendations, and implementation. Behaviour Research and Therapy.
Hayes, A. F. & Montoya, A. K. (2017). A tutorial on testing, visualizing, and probing interaction involving a multicategorical variable in linear regression analysis. Communication Methods and Measures
Montoya, A. K., & Hayes, A. F. (2017). Two condition within-participant statistical mediation analysis: A path analytic framework. Psychological Methods
Darlington, R. B., & Hayes, A. F. (2017). Regression analysis and linear models: Concepts, applications, and implementation. New York: The Guilford Press.
Hayes, A. F. (2015). An index of test of linear moderated mediation. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 50, 1-22.
Hayes, A. F., and Preacher, K. J. (2014). Statistical mediation analysis with a multicategorical independent variable. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 67, 451-470
Hayes, A. F., & Sharkow, M. (2013). The relative trustworthiness of tests of the indirect effect in statistical mediation analysis: Does method really matter? Psychological Science, 24, 1918-1927.
Hayes, A. F. (2013). Conditional process modeling: Using structural equation modeling to examine contingent causal processes. In G. R. Hancock and R. O. Mueller (Eds.) Structural equation modeling: A second course (2nd Ed). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing.
Hayes, A. F., Glynn, C. J., & Huge, M. E. (2012). Cautions regarding the interpretation of regression coefficients and hypothesis tests in linear models with interactions. Communication Methods and Measures, 6, 1-11.
Hayes, A. F., & Preacher, K. J. (2010). Quantifying and testing indirect effects in simple mediation models when the constituent paths are nonlinear. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 45, 627-660.
Hayes, A. F. (2009). Beyond Baron and Kenny: Statistical mediation analysis in the new millennium. Communication Monographs, 76, 408-420.
Hayes, A. F., & Matthes, J. (2009). Computational procedures for probing interactions in OLS and logistic regression: SPSS and SAS implementations. Behavior Research Methods, 41, 924-936.
Preacher, K. J., & Hayes, A. F. (2008). Asymptotic and resampling strategies for assessing and comparing indirect effects in multiple mediator models. Behavior Research Methods, 40, 879-891.
Cai, L., & Hayes, A. F. (2008). A new test of linear hypotheses in OLS regression under heteroscedasticity of unknown form. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 33, 21-40.
Hayes, A. F., & Cai, L. (2007). Using heteroscedasticity-consistent standard error estimators in OLS regression: An introduction and software implementation. Behavior Research Methods, 39, 709-722.
Hayes, A. F., & Cai, L. (2007). Further evaluating the validity of the conditional decision rule for comparing two independent means. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 60, 217-244.
Hayes, A. F., & Krippendorff, K. (2007). Answering the call for a standard reliability measure for coding data. Communication Methods and Measures, 1, 77-89.
Preacher, K. J., Rucker, D. D., & Hayes, A. F. (2007). Assessing moderated mediation hypotheses: Theory, methods, and prescriptions. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 42, 185-227.
Hayes, A. F. (2006). A primer on multilevel modeling. Human Communication Research, 32, 385-410.
Preacher, K. J., & Hayes, A. F. (2004). SPSS and SAS procedures for estimating indirect effects in simple mediation models. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 36, 717-731.
Darlington, R. B., & Hayes, A. F. (2000). Combining independent p-values: Extensions of the Stouffer and binomial methods. Psychological Methods, 5, 496-515.
Hayes, A. F. (2000). Randomization tests and the homoscedasticity assumption when comparing group means. Animal Behaviour, 59, 653-656.
Hayes, A. F. (1998). Within-study meta-analysis: Pooling the significance of doubly-nonindependent ("nonoverlapping") correlations. Psychological Methods, 3, 32-45.
Hayes, A. F. (1997). Cautions in testing variance equality with randomization tests. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 59, 25-31.
Hayes, A. F. (1996). The permutation test is not distribution-free: Testing H0: rho = 0. Psychological Methods, 1, 184-198.


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You might argue that world-domination via the fast food industry has already been achieved, but not if Satan has anything to say about it!
Drained of their magical powers after landing in modern day Tokyo to escape defeat at the hands of Emilia the Hero, Satan (aka Sadao Maou) and his general Alciel (aka Shiro Ashiya) are quickly forced to adapt to life in the human world. In order to buy time while finding a way to return home, Satan soon finds gainful employment at fast-food restaurant MgRonalds and become taken with the job. Setting his sights on world-domination by working his way up the management chain, Satan must balance his efforts at work with fending off Emilia the Hero (aka Emi Yusa) who has vowed to defeat him.
Fans of action-comedy series with a hint of fantasy will find plenty to like here. If you appreciate occasionally absurd (in a good way) and dry humour, you'll enjoy the comedy.
Comedy series live and die by their execution, and The Devil is a Part-Timer Vol. 1 does a great job at creating comedic moments out of its premise. A good portion of these moments occur in the narration and poke fun at the absurdity of Satan working at a fast-food restaurant and struggling with otherwise normal parts of life. Author Satoshi Wagahara achieves a sort of deadpan humour with the story that consistently made me laugh and was one of the highlights of the book.
"So, the Devil King fell asleep. And he stayed asleep for three days and three nights, healing his scarred body and drained soul. Then, after sleeping for three days straight without eating or drinking, Satan was taken to the hospital for malnutrition. The dehydration and vitamin deficiency had immobilized him."
Enough can't be said about the narration which skillfully accentuates comedic moments while knowingly winking at the reader as the characters banter. Descriptions of things such Satan's "trusty demonic steed" (bicycle) Dullahan added a lot of flavour to the story and kept me engaged the entire time. The comedic "slice-of-life" moments focusing on their interactions with society were a great and outshone the serviceable action scenes which occurred once the story got moving.
The interactions between the characters also add greatly to the comedy, with their banter being a consistent highlight. Whether it be Alciel's admonishment of Satan during the middle of a fight for wasting money on Sentai films or Emilia's jabs about the poor state of their house, the interactions feel endearing and make a lot of sense in developing each of the characters. It also bears mentioning that Wagahara avoids the type of cheap slap-stick comedy that might be otherwise be expected and this makes the overall comedic tone of the book that much better executed.
The Devil is a Part-Timer! Vol. 1 is also well-paced, never lingering on a segment for longer than necessary and keeping the story moving at a crisp pace. The backstory of each character is explored, providing some great context and depth which made them each more interesting. The action scenes never drag either as they include comedic aspects which keep the proceedings lighthearted and engaging.
Yen Press did a great job with this release, which features a number of colour pages at the beginning, as well as character profiles in the form of resumes at the back of the book. They were a nice touch and entertaining to read because they were written completely in character. The translation by Kevin Gifford was also good and avoided any noticeably stilted phrasing or dialogue.
My only real complaint from this volume was Satan's pre-story character was never built upon except through exclamations from other characters about how fearsome and evil he was before the events of this story. This was an issue because of the marked gulf this creates between the relatively kind and snarky Maou we see during the book not quite jiving with his supposedly fearsome and ruthless reputation. This makes it somewhat difficult to believe Emi's declarations regarding vanquishing him because we are never really sold on the idea that he's a real threat to the world in the first place. Hopefully this will be addressed in future volumes as it creates a type of dissonance between the Maou we experience versus his reputation in the minds of other characters.
Serving up plenty of laughs, The Devil is a Part-Timer! Vol. 1 is a fun fish-out-of-water comedy which executes nearly perfectly in creating hilarious situations out of its premise as well as character interactions. I really enjoyed this volume and felt that the comedic aspects made it stand out among the other comedies out there today, with its blend of dry and somewhat absurd humour making for an entertaining read.
The Devil is a Part-Timer! Vol. 1 was published by Yen Press on April 21st, 2015. Authored by Satoshi Wagahara and illustrated by 029 (Oniku) the series is currently ongoing and published by under ACII Media Works' Dengeki Bunko imprint. The series recieved a one-cour anime adaption in Summer 2013 and volume 2 will be published in English on August 18th, 2015.
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