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For many of us engaged in the world of Internet of Things (IoT), anyone suggesting that the IoT paradigm is merely a passing fashion might be considered at best ill-informed***. Proof, if I can call it that, are the many, many practical use cases that IoT and it's sister acronym, the Industrial IoT (IIoT) (and Industry 4.0) have in the market today. Indeed (if any more were needed), the many customer stories presented at IBM's foremost customer IoT event, the IBM Genius of Things (IBMGoT) on February 18th in Munich, Germany only serve to re-confirm my sentiments; IoT is here, it's practical and it's valuable. Continue reading
IBM Watson – The rise of the (thinking) machine
I remember a few years ago, speaking on topics of AI and thinking machines, only to be critiqued (by some, not all) of my analyst colleagues for having expectations well beyond accepted realms of timescales and possibility. Visiting IBM's World of Watson event in November proved that not only was I right, but even (dare I say it) not aggressive enough on my expectations. Continue reading
Autodesk University 2016 – What's shiny and new…and a transformation from products to platforms
Autodesk – Aiming to Accelerate ahead of their competitors.
Developing thoughts and strategies for the next big thing – (IoT) Thinking, 'innovating outside the traditional box (or in this case, dustbin)'
Following on my train of thought on how the IoT is transforming products and business models, I took the opportunity to visit another IoT innovator during a recent trip to the Boston area. Their story is as insightful and thought provoking to those interested in IoT innovation as was my last example. Continue reading
The Innovators' Dilemma: Developing thoughts and strategies for the next big thing (IoT 101 v0.01)
The Innovators' Dilemma* (by M. Clayton Christensen) suggests that companies pander disproportionately (and develop) to current customer needs. In so doing they stand to miss the opportunity to develop (their business and/or products) to cater for possible next big thing.
IoT (Internet of things) at PTC. An avid work in progress…. and showing promise.
I attended PTC's LiveWorx event in June. PTC's investments and product announcements over recent times are, to me anyway, a commitment to IoT that's beyond that of many of their competitors. There again, PTC's 'old' competition aren't necessarily their new ones, especially in the rapidly evolving IoT market. Continue reading
Hannover Messe 2016: Digitalisation, Industrie 4.0, IoT and all things manufacturing
I've just returned from Hannover (Germany) having spent two days at the world's largest industrial fair. For those unacquainted with Hannover Messe, this is a mammoth fair (trade show) with over 5,200 exhibitors. These aren't just German companies. According to the organisers' press release, overseas accounted for about 58% of the exhibitors. 465 of these from the US, this year's partner country, and (not surprisingly?) about 650 from China. Continue reading
IBM : Connected and InterConneted
IBM, known by many as the world's IT 'super tanker', is transforming their image of former years, to a one that's more innovative, approachable, cool, connected and industry focused.
The message from both IBM's PartnerWorld and InterConnect conferences (held a few weeks ago in Las Vegas, NV) is one of change. They (and their partners) are clearly excited by a new era of opportunities. One that will be driven, to a large part, by the dynamics of today's more connected and insightful world. Continue reading
An explosion of individual innovation …incited by the Internet of Things (IoT).
Carl Bass's (President and CEO of Autodesk) presentation at the 2016 Design Conference in San Francisco spurred me to think more on topics IoT. Specifically, his conversation spurred me to reflect that the IoT's future is, in part, going to be defined by the enthusiasm (and possibly genius) of individual innovators, new entrants and communities of like-minded 'boutique' innovators. Continue reading


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Inflammation Today Means Brain Shrinkage Tomorrow
by David Perlmutter, M.D., Board-Certified Neurologist, #1 New York Times Best-Selling Author, Fellow of the American College of Nutrition
As I have emphasized over the past decade, the fundamental mechanism that underlies neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, and other issues like diabetes, coronary artery disease, and even cancer, is the process of inflammation. We've got to do everything we can in terms of our lifestyle choices to bring inflammation under control. Dietary choices, for example, that limit sugar and carbohydrates, avoid gluten and vegetable oils like corn oil and sunflower oil. Instead, flavor with oils like olive oil, avocado oil, and choose other sources of healthful fats like nuts and seeds, as well as foods that are rich in fiber—all are fundamental for reducing the risk for inflammation excess.
We know that there is a higher level of the chemicals that mediate inflammation in the blood of individuals with higher blood sugar. Again, higher blood sugar correlates with higher levels of inflammation.
Inflammation is, to a significant degree, determined by the health and diversity of gut bacteria. So issues that threaten a gut bacterial diversity, like stress, artificial sweeteners, and even various acid blocking medications, pave the way for increasing inflammation, again, the cornerstone of virtually all chronic degenerative conditions that you don't want to get.
It doesn't make sense to wait until you're having an issue with one of these diseases to begin a program designed to reduce inflammation. This notion was powerfully supported in a recent study published in the Journal Neurology. In this report, researchers from multiple institutions endeavored to determine if inflammation in midlife would have any consequences for the brain later in life.
They studied a group of 1633 participants, whose average age was 53 years, by looking at their blood levels of various markers of inflammation. These five inflammatory markers were compiled and what was called the "inflammatory composite score".
After 24 years, the participants underwent a special brain scan to measure the size of various areas of the brain. The study revealed a marked correlation between midlife elevation of inflammatory markers and reduction in size of key brain areas including the hippocampus, the memory center. The association between these inflammatory markers and developing shrinkage of the brain later in life was modified by age and race in that younger participants, as well as white participants with higher levels of inflammation markers in midlife, were more likely to show reduced brain volumes during the follow-up.
The authors concluded:
"Our prospective findings provide evidence for what may be an early contributory role of systemic inflammation in neurodegeneration and cognitive aging."
The important take-home message here is in line with John Kennedy's statement:
"The time to fix the roof is when the sun is shining."
That means we should be doing everything we can to reduce inflammation, today, long before some chronic the generative condition manifests. In this study there was a clear correlation between elevation of markers of inflammation and risk for shrinkage of the brain, and who wants that? This is what preventive medicine is all about. It's about doing the right things today to pave the way for a healthier tomorrow.

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By Jim Tune
We carry a lot of extra weight with us. No, I'm not talking about the extra pounds around our middle. I'm thinking of our loves.
Augustine once described wealth as a weight. "My weight is my love," he wrote. "Wherever I am carried, my love is carrying me." This makes sense. We all want money, but we recognize that those who love money must worry about how to accumulate, protect, and manage it.
James K. A. Smith helps us understand what Augustine meant.
"Our orienting loves are like a kind of gravity—carrying us in the direction to which they are weighted," Smith says. "If our loves are absorbed with material things, then our love is a weight that drags us downward to inferior things. But when our loves are animated by the renewing fire of the Spirit, then our weight tends upward. . . . Discipleship should set us on fire, should change the 'weight' of our love."
Suddenly I'm beginning to see an old concept in a new way.
Christians have often talked about bringing burdens to God. An old song says, "Burdens are lifted at Calvary." I've often thought of these burdens as sins and worries that we can't carry. A burden, after all, is a weight we're carrying that we find tiring, and we want gone.
According to Augustine, burdens aren't just sins and worries we can't carry. They actually can be good things we have come to love. When we love something like our bank balances, careers, or possessions, then it becomes a burden we carry around with us. It pulls us down. When we love God most, however, we're set free from carrying these burdens, and we're able to walk around lighter than before.
Trevin Wax gives an extreme example of this in his book This Is Our Time.
Wax's sister and brother-in-law built a beautiful house on a hill. One Monday morning, a gas leak led to a small explosion. They fled the house with their three sons and called 911. They watched for four hours as their house burned down. It was a complete loss.
They grieved but eventually were relieved no one had been hurt. They came to realize they had made great progress financially through the years, but remained stagnant or had taken steps back spiritually. They always said God was most important in their lives, but now they had a chance to test that.
Reflecting on their story, Wax asked, "Would I be okay without all this?"
His sister and brother-in-law told him that's the wrong question. "The question you should ask is not, 'Would I be okay without this stuff?' but, 'Do I think I'll be happier with this stuff?'"
The Bible isn't against nice things and money. But it certainly cautions us against a love of money. When you love something, you're weighed down by it. God wants to change the weight of our love so that we're set free from carrying unnecessary burdens.


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This week I have become aware of a planned boycott of the movie Ender's Game, scheduled to open in theaters on November 1. A group called Geeks Out is pushing consumers to avoid the film because Orson Scott Card, who wrote the original 1985 novel and is one of several producers of the movie, is virulently opposed to homosexuality and same-sex marriage.
I think Card's views on homosexuality are reprehensible. Although we are both Mormon, I could not disagree with him more on this issue, as you can see in posts stretching back several years (2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013).
But that doesn't mean I agree with this boycott. In fact, I think it's ridiculous.
Anyone who has read Ender's Game understands that the novel (and presumably, the film on which it is based) has nothing to do with homosexuality or same-sex marriage. It's a futuristic sci fi story that addresses war, trauma, and the unique promise of precocious children.
What's more, the writer of this original story is one of only hundreds of people who have worked on the Hollywood movie that will be Ender's Game. Do we punish all of them because the views of a single person associated with this project are repugnant?
The time to boycott anything is when your action can potentially change a product or company that is morally objectionable. There needs to be a direct relationship, however, between what is objectionable about that product or company and your action.
There are many examples of successful boycotts.
- In the late eighteenth century, William Wilberforce and others led a massive English boycott of all sugar that had been grown with slave labor, raising awareness of the evils of slavery and eventually contributing to its abolition in Britain.
- The bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama in the mid-1950s was directly related to the fact that the bus company was prohibiting African American riders the right to sit anywhere on the bus. The boycott not only accomplished its goal in desegregating the buses, but galvanized the entire civil rights movement.
- And in a more recent example (2009-10), the Fruit of the Loom company gave in to enormous pressure from student-led protests and boycotts of its products after the company closed down a Honduran factory that had unionized. The United Students Against Sweatshops organization was responsible for nearly 100 U.S. colleges severing their business relationships with Fruit of the Loom, which lost over $50 million in sales before reopening the Honduran factory and agreeing to increased workers' rights in all of its plants.
This is how successful boycotts work. There needs to be a direct relationship between the boycott and the injustice in question.
When there is no such direct relationship, as with the Ender's Game film, a "boycott" is not really a boycott. It's McCarthyism. According to a New York Times editorial this week,
What Geeks Out has in mind is closer to blacklisting. The group wants to "send a clear and serious message to Card and those that do business with his brand of antigay activism — whatever he's selling, we're not buying." This isn't about stopping the dissemination of antigay sentiments; it's about isolating Mr. Card and shaming his business partners, thus cutting into their profits.
If Mr. Card belongs in quarantine, who's next?
Who's next? It's a great question. The premise of the Ender's Game boycott seems to be that we should avoid any art and literature that is created by people whose political views are distasteful. Sitting here at my desk, there is a poster of my favorite painting hanging on the wall above me. Should I take it down because the artist, Pablo Picasso, treated the women in his life so shabbily? Should I remove it because he never fought against the Nazis, preferring a neutrality that probably masked cowardice?
Or – here's a thought – should I keep the poster because the painting is beautiful and true apart from its creator's personal behavior and beliefs?
So, yes. I will be seeing this movie. Perhaps the next day I'll run a blog post encouraging people to avoid it, but if that happens it will not because of the writer's politics; I will encourage you to skip it only if the film adaptation of this excellent novel turns out to be a waste of your time and money.
One final comment. I try not to use words like "stupid" on my blog. Doing so is inflammatory, and it rarely elevates the conversation. However, this so-called boycott meets the dictionary definition of stupid – lacking intelligence or common sense – so after some deliberation I let the headline stand.
This is, quite simply, stupid.


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text: After a stroll through the labyrinth or browsing the quaint shop at Tansy Lane it's time for tea. While black tea is traditional on the east coast we now blend a wide variety of black, green, white, oolong and herbal teas. Sip tea in our tea room from old fashioned china cups passed down from friends and family or on the veranda as you are entertained by the hummingbirds. There will be scrumptious old fashioned sweets such as banana bread and date squares. Our tea room will be open during regular shop hours.


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LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WRBL) – A Lee Co. Judge has issued a gag order in the case of a Montgomery man accused of kidnapping of 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard.
News 3 confirmed a Sunday afternoon initial court appearance was held for 30-year-old Ibraheem Yazeed at the Lee Co. Justice Center. News 3 can confirm Yazeed is being held without bond.
A local Montgomery TV station is reporting they were denied access to the Sunday proceeding. News 3 is reaching out to Judge Russell Bush's office for comment on Sunday's proceeding.
Despite gag orders, court proceedings are public unless they involve juveniles. Sometimes video and still cameras can be banned from a courtroom, however journalists and the public are allowed in and can typically take a pen and paper for notes.
A gag order can be used in an effort to control pretrial publicity during a highly publicized case in an effort to make sure a fair and impartial jury can be seated if the case goes to a jury trial.
News 3 has reached out to District Attorney Brandon Hughes who declined to comment because of the gag order.
Yazeed was captured in Escambia County, Florida, late Thursday night, nearly 144 miles south of Montgomery. He was extradited back to Lee County on Friday night and had his first court appearance on Sunday.
Thursday afternoon, investigators released Yazeed was a suspect in Blanchard's disappearance after he was seen on October 23 surveillance video from inside the Chevron at the same time Blanchard was in the store.
Thursday night, Yazeed was carried out on a stretcher allegedly complaining of chest pains after he became the captured target of a massive manhunt and taken into custody by U.S. Marshalls in Escambia County, Florida.
News 3 has learned blood belonging to the Auburn teen was discovered in her abandoned SUV, and a witness has come forward saying they saw the suspect force Blanchard into her SUV at the gas station where she was last seen the night of October 23.
The Affidavit Charging Crime obtained by News 3 reads:
"The victim's vehicle, a black 2017 Honda CRV, was later located abandoned in Montgomery, Alabama. Blood evidence was discovered in the passenger's compartment of the vehicle that was indicative of someone suffering a life-threatening injury. The evidence was submitted to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences and confirmed to be that of Aniah Blanchard. Video evidence from a convenience store located at South College St. in Auburn placed both Blanchard and a black male later positively identified as Ibraheem Yazeed at the store during the same time, this was the last time she was seen. During the subsequent investigation, a witness identified Yazeed as the individual, he observed, forcing Blanchard into a vehicle against her will and then leaving with her in the vehicle. Blanchard has not been located at this time."
Meanwhile, the search continues for Aniah Blanchard since she was last seen on Wednesday, October 23. Her SUV was located in Montgomery on Friday, October 25.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the Auburn Police Division Detective Section at 334-501-3140, Central Alabama Crime Stoppers at 334-215-STOP, or the 24-hour non-emergency number at 334-501-3100.
The reward stands at $105,000 for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons responsible for Aniah's disappearance. The Auburn Police Department says the public has been invaluable in providing information.


text: +Geocaching HQ 293 Posted September 7, 2016 Today we've shared some updates in the Geocaching Blog about the free Geocaching® app and Geocaching Classic app. We know geocachers are passionate about these apps, so we want to keep you up-to-date about the development of the free Geocaching® app and the eventual retirement of the Geocaching Classic app. Among the main points of the blog post: We originally planned to shut off the Geocaching Classic app in September. However, since the Geocaching® app is missing some of the most requested features, the Classic app will function into next year. What are those features? Offline and trail maps, additional log types, draft logs and Favorite Points. We are working to complete these features in the Geocaching® app by March 2017. Until we get there, the Geocaching Classic app should continue to function. We can't make updates or bug fixes to the Geocaching Classic app, since it's no longer available in Google Play and Apple's App Store. You can read the full blog post via this link! Share this post Link to post


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Two months ago, my biggest fear was that Mr. Nelson Mandela would meet his tragic demise before getting a chance to witness the first World Cup ever on African soil only a bus trip away from his palatial home in Bishopscourt, Cape Town. You may not agree with me on this but I truly believe it was Mandela that brought the World Cup to Africa, through his name, his symbolic status and the country he helped liberate from apartheid. And for that, we should all be grateful.
Yesterday, Mr. Nelson Mandela (as children of the soil we're allowed to call him 'Tata Madiba') celebrated his 92nd birthday. It goes without question that South Africa and indeed the world at large adore and revere Madiba and have deified him to the point where the United Nations has declared July 18th "International Nelson Mandela Day".
Understand this, the only International Days the UN has declared so far have to do with Children, Human Rights, Women, the Environment and such. So, yes, it's a big deal for *a person*, *any person* let alone Mandela to have such an honour bestowed upon them. Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King and a few others (may their souls rest in peace) must be literally turning multiple shades of green envious of Madiba.
All that being said, Mandela will one day die. Don't shoot the messenger. Just hear me out.


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The Attorney General Clarified with Stephen Colbert last Night that they Never asked for a Back Door to Apple's iOS
Late yesterday the U.S. Government filed a motion responding to Apple's motion to vacate the order compelling them to assist the FBI unlock an iPhone 5c used by terrorist Syed Farook. One of the main points made in the filing was that Apple's iOS back door theory was a diversionary tactic and not one based on facts of the case. Apple's Senior Legal VP Bruce Sewell replied saying that the government's brief was out to vilify Apple, though a day earlier Apple's Senior VP of internet software and services was out in full force talking about possible intimating searches of iPhones belonging to immigrants to put fear into that community and in turn vilify the government.
Last night, Attorney General Loretta Lynch was a guest on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert to talk about the Apple case and repeat that there's never been a request for creating a back door to Apple's iOS.
The segment with Loretta Lynch discussing the iPhone case starts at the 3:00 minute mark where she makes it clear that all that the government is asking for in this case is for Apple to disable the iPhone 5c's 'password erase function' that basically wipes the phone if you guess the password wrong after ten times; that's it. Once that feature is removed, the FBI will attempt to get into the phone and extract the evidence, end of story.
Although Loretta Lynch is America's top crime fighter, she denied last night of secretly being Batman, contrary to recent rumors.
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text: Darren Fletcher's proposed move to West Ham is off, Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has announced. Press Association But Van Gaal appears to think the 30-year-old will remain at United, where he has five months left on his contract. "I think so," Van Gaal said when asked if Fletcher was likely to stay at United. Fletcher has been at United for 20 years, but his experience has not been enough to earn him a regular first-team place under Van Gaal. The Scot has started just four Barclays Premier League for the Dutchman even though he was named as one of two deputies – along with Michael Carrick – to captain Wayne Rooney at the start of the season. The United boss hopes he can give the midfielder more playing time in the rest of the season. "He is my third captain so it is not a problem for me (if he comes back)," Van Gaal said. "Manchester United just want to help him play more. For him now that is a big pity. "We want to help Fletcher. That is my only concern. I am very happy he is coming back." Van Gaal claims the Hammers wanted to make the deal temporary, rather than permanent, causing the deal to collapse. "I thought Darren was going to sign a contract," Van Gaal told BBC Sport. "But at the end they look for a loan and that was not the agreement. "When you allow your player to go to London for the medical, there is no problem. At the end there is no agreement, it is strange. "I don't know what is happening there but the agreement is different there. On Saturday it is off." Speaking after West Ham's 2-0 defeat at Liverpool, Hammers boss Sam Allardyce confirmed the deal had stalled. "Fletcher broke down on negotiations this morning. I really don't know (what will happen) at this moment in time," Allardyce said. Fletcher has also attracted interest from West Brom and Valencia. The long-serving midfielder looked set to leave Old Trafford for the Hammers after he had a medical at the London club on Friday. But United boss Louis van Gaal said after Saturday's win over Leicester that the deal had fallen through after West Ham moved the goal posts.


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After 17 months of negotiations with reps of the ad business, the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is seeking a strike mandate from its membership.
At issue is the pact with the Institute of Communications Agencies and the Assn. of Canadian Advertisers. The current deal expired June 30 and the groups asked government mediators to step in at the end of July; those efforts will resume Sept. 25.
"All reports indicate the ad industry has been doing very well," said ACTRA national executive director Stephen Waddell. "There's no justification for ad agencies and advertisers to try to reduce the compensation of performers."
Deadline for ballots to be returned is Oct. 14. ACTRA represents 21,000 performers working in the English-language recorded media in Canada.


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Dogs and cats need a nutrient-rich food to promote excellent health, strong bones, teeth, and a rich coat. A healthy diet includes premium human-grade organic ingredients such as chicken, wild salmon, beef or buffalo, probiotics, vegetables, amino acids, antioxidants, fatty acids, mico-nutrients, vitamins and minerals.
These factors promote a perfect balance of antibodies, growth factors to protect against diseases and strengthen the immune system with anti-inflammatory action inhibiting the development of arthritis, improved liver function, digestion and cardiovascular health.
A Wish for Animals recommends??Great Life???s??raw food layered on holistic kibble for your dog!
Check out the ingredients listed in these name-brand dog foods:
Eukenuba Adult:??Chicken,??chicken by-product meal,??corn meal, ground whole grain sorghum, ground whole grain barley,??chicken fat,??fish meal,??Brewers rice
Iams Adult:??Chicken,??corn meal, ground whole grain sorghum,??chicken by-product meal, ground whole grain barley meal,??fish meal,??chicken fat, dried beet pulp
Kibbles ???N Bits:??Corn, soybean meal, ground wheat,??beef & bone meal,??animal fat(BHA6 and citric acid used as preservatives),??corn syrup, wheat middlings, water sufficient for processing
Pedigree:??Ground yellow corn,??meat and bone meal,??corn gluten meal,??chicken by-product meal,??animal fat??(preseved with BHA/BHT6), wheat mill run, natural poultry flavor, rice,??salt
Proplan Adult:??Chicken,??Brewers rice, whole grain wheat,??poulty by-product meal,??corn gluten meal,??beef tallow,??whole grain corn,??corn bran
Purina Beneful:??Ground yellow corn,??chicken by-product meal,??corn gluten meal, whole wheat flour,??beef tallow, rice flour, soy flour,??sugar
Purina Dog Chow:??Ground yellow corn,??poultry by-product meal,??corn gluten meal, soybean meal,??beef tallow preserved with mixed-tocopherols,??brewers rice, dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate
Science Diet Original:??Chicken,??corn meal, ground grain sorghum, ground wheat,??chicken by-product meal,??brewers rice, soybean meal,??animal fat??(preserved with BHA6, propyl gallate 6 and citric acid)
Pet Food Ingredient Glossary
Check your pet food to see if it contains any of these ingredients:
Meat by-products:??Pet grade meat by-products consist of??organs and parts either not desired, or condemned, for human consumption.??This can include bones, blood, intestines, lungs, ligaments, heads, feet, and feathers.
Corn:??Corn products are difficult for dogs to digest.
Food Fragments:??Lower cost by-products of another food manufacturing process. Examples include wheat bran and brewer's rice (a waste product of the alcohol industry).
Meat and bone meal:??"Meat and bone meal" and "beef and bone meal" are inexpensive sources of animal protein.??The protein in a meal containing a large amount of bone may be poorly digestible and fail to provide adequate nutrition.
Animal Fat:??Animal fat is a??"generic" fat source that is most often made up of rendered animal fat, restaurant grease, or other oils too rancid or deemed inedible for humans.??Look for a named fat source, such as poultry or chicken fat, that is naturally preserved.
Chemical Preservatives:??Chemical preservatives include butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), propyl gallate,??propylene glycol??(also used as a less-toxic version of automotive antifreeze),??and ethoxyquin. BHA, BHT, and ethoxyquin are potentially cancer-causing agents.??The long term build-up of these chemicals (that may be eaten every day for the life of your pet!) have not been thouroughly studied and may ultimately be harmful.
Sweeteners:??Sweeteners such as corn syrup, sugar, and cane molasses??are usually added to lower quality foods to increase their appeal.??Dietary sugars can aggravate health problems, including diabetes.
Beef Tallow: A low quality fat product.
The Animal Protection Institute, "What's Really in Pet Food.", January 29, 2002.
Kerns, Nancy "Choose the Best Dry Food.", The Whole Dog Journal, February 2000, 13-17.


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Trainee Accountant
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- Primark Ireland
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- Mary St, Dublin, Ireland
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- 02 Aug 2019
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Trainee Accountant, Primark
Are you an Accounting student with a passion for retail? We're on the hunt for an ambitious Trainee Accountant to join our growing business. Based in the Primark Dublin Head Office, you'll see first hand the pace of our industry. With stores in more than 11 countries, there's never a dull moment and plenty to do. But, what do we need from you?
- Organisation. You'll be working on financial accounts across many regions and time frames, working in different currencies, so having an organised approach is essential.
- Communication. You will be working with various stakeholders; whether it is your team, direct line manager, across finance or with external providers. The ability to communicate effectively and deliver concise explanations is key.
- Support. You'll be supporting the VAT team and the wider financial team by accurately recording our financial performance. You'll assist in group reporting and be involved in testing finance systems. Your support is needed from a lot of people, but they'll equally support you.
- Quick learning. At Primark, things happen quickly and you'll need to keep up. Being able to stay on top of things is important, but you'll have lots of training available to help as well.
- Positivity. You'll be at the start of you career with us and there's a lot of opportunity. It's important that you show your passion and have a desire to progress in our business.
Why work with us?
Here, you'll work hard and you'll constantly be busy, but you'll get a lot back too. Although we're an international company, we're made up of smaller groups of people who look out for one another. Which means you'll have more than a few people to lean on, you'll make different groups of friends and you'll have an experience that gives you more than just a monthly salary – although that's a pretty good thing too!
You'll get a competitive salary and there's even subsidised food at our café and canteen. Plus, with a gym, book club, running club, choir and plenty more, you'll never want to leave the office!
What experience do you need to work with us?
- Should be working towards an Accounting (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent) qualification
- Some industry experience and a love of retail is an advantage
- English is essential and other European languages would be desired
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Today at the Denver Art Museum, employees uncrated and hung a very special piece by Vincent Van Gogh. In this particular painting, "Edge of a Wheatfield with Poppies," Van Gogh lightened up his palette considerably, using magentas against indigo with crisp reds. The piece will join more than seventy others in the museum's new Becoming Van Gogh exhibit, which explores Van Gogh's life and work.
Continue reading for an exclusive photo tour of the process behind the scenes.
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The 3M Company used to encourages creativity from its employees. The company allowed its researchers to spend 15 percent of their time on any project that interests them. This attitude has brought fantastic benefits not only to the employees but to the 3M Company itself Many times, a spark of an idea turned into a successful product has boosted 3M's profits tremendously.
Some years ago, a scientist in 3M's commercial office took advantage of this 15 percent creative time. This scientist, Art Fry, came up with an idea for one of 3M's best-selling products. It seems that Art Fry dealt with a small irritation every Sunday as he sang in the church choir. After marking his pages in the hymnal with small bits of paper, the small pieces would invariably fall out all over the floor.
Suddenly, an idea struck Fry. He remembered an adhesive developed by a colleague that everyone thought was a failure because it did not stick very well. "I coated the adhesive on a paper sample," Fry recalls, "and I found that it was not only a good bookmark, but it was great for writing notes. It will stay in place as long as you want it to, and then you can remove it without damage."
Yes, Art Fry hit the jackpot. The resulting product was called Post-it! and has become one of 3M's most successful office products.
Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Never trouble another for what you can do yourself.
Never spend your money before you have it.
Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap; it will never be dear to you.
Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.
Never repent of having eaten too little.
Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly.
Don't let the evils which have never happened cost you pain.
Always take things by their smooth handle.
When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, count to one hundred.
"Life is a game of cards. The cards are shuffled and the hands are dealt. You must play your cards well" ~Eugene Hare
"Life is a play. It's not its length, but its performance that counts." ~Seneca
"Life is a B-picture script." ~Kirk Douglas
"Life is something like a trumpet. If you don't put anything in, you won't get anything out." ~W.C. Handy.
"A life is a simple letter in the alphabet. It can be meaningless. Or it can be part of a great meaning." ~Jewish Seminary
"Life is a daring adventure, or nothing." ~Helen Keller
"Life is an onion. You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep." ~Carl Sandburg
"Life is what's happening while you're thinking about something else." ~AA saying
My personal story...
Here's the simple weight loss method that works best for me:
As we all know, In order to lose weight we need to create a "calorie deficit". What that means is, we must eat less calories than our body burns in a day. There's no way around it.
To utilize this method I use a free app called: "Healthy Weight Loss Planner", you can install it to your android phone or tablet from here, or if you don't have an android device you can access the online version here. (by the way, I developed this app myself for my own needs and make it available for all to use for free).
Now here's how this simple system works:
After installing or accessing the app online follow these three steps:
First: Use the 'BMI Calculator' to check your Body Mass Index (an indicator of body fat), and see where it fits within the BMI categories.
Second: use the 'Daily Calorie Needs Calculator' to determine the number of calories needed each day to maintain your current weight.
Third: use the 'Daily Diet Planner tool' to set a daily calorie target and construct a daily food plan to fit your target (and your diet's food discipline). Now obviously you need your target calorie intake to be less than your daily calories needs. How much less? Aim to subtract 500 to 1000 calories daily, this translates into losing about 1 to 2 pounds a week respectively (about 0.5kg to 1kg).
For example: if your daily caloric needs are 2200, and you want to lose 2 pounds (1kg) per week, your daily calorie target should be 1200. Once you achieve your goal, you can revert to a target of 2200 to maintain your desired weight.
A pace of 1 to 2 pounds a week will allow you to lose weight in a healthy, sustainable way. Keep in mind that setting realistic goals and tracking your progress are key to your success. Research has shown that those who keep track of their behaviors are more likely to take off weight. As a matter of fact, setting unrealistic diet goals is the main reason most diets fail. You want to develop lifestyle habits that will help you maintain your weight in a healthy range. A short-term "diet" that you "go on" and then "go off" is not the answer to long-term weight management.
Note that the app sports a database featuring more than 400, mostly non-processed foods. The variety of foods allows you to construct food plans that adhere to any diet rout you decide to take. With this app you will be able to construct a food plan that fits perfectly with your specific diet discipline. Enjoy!
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Wembley Conference Centre - the event's home for 26 years - has been demolished to make way for redevelopment.
The Arena recently underwent a £35m facelift, and the Masters will use around a third of its main auditorium.
Saga Insurance has extended its Masters sponsorship until 2009, and Jimmy White and Ding Junhui have both been awarded wildcards for the 14-21 January event.
Londoner White, one of the tournament's most popular players, has benefitted from an additional third wildcard being awarded.
The 44-year-old's world ranking has tumbled to a provisional 50th in the world, and he recently failed to qualify for this month's Grand Prix in Aberdeen.
"I'm absolutely delighted to be awarded a wildcard," said the 1984 Masters champion.
"It's my favourite event other than the World Championship. I'm sure I'll get great support again at Wembley - my fans there are fantastic."
Chinese prodigy Ding, 19, has won the China Open, UK Championship and Northern Ireland Trophy in the last 20 months.
The final wildcard will be awarded to the winner of a qualifying tournament, which will be staged from 4-9 November. The world's top 16 players qualify automatically.
The Masters is covered extensively by the BBC, and last year's thrilling final saw John Higgins edge out Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-9.
The 2007 tournament will have an added poignancy following the death from cancer earlier this week of three-time winner Paul Hunter.


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CBA Health and Wellness Conference
April 6, 2019 | Ottawa, ON
Presented by the CBA Wellness Subcommittee and proudly supported by Lawyers Financial
Mental health and wellness issues facing the legal community are at an all-time high. Join us in Ottawa this spring at the CBA Health and Wellness Conference, the first national conference of its kind specifically designed for members of the legal community
This forum will bring together legal professionals and thought-leaders from across Canada to explore leading trends, new research and innovative ideas in the area of mental health and wellness. Topics to be covered include:
Also on the agenda, CBA President Ray Adlington will address attendees and present the Annual Wellness Award of Excellence.
Do not miss this unique opportunity to learn from and connect with leading professionals in this area. Lawyers and members of the legal community interested in participating in the conversation and who have an interest in wellness and mental health topics are encouraged to attend.
Veuillez noter que ce programme de formation continue est offert en anglais seulement.
Please note that this conference is offered in English only.
On-line registration is now open. Simply click on the REGISTER NOW button located on the right-hand side of your screen. If you do not wish to proceed with on-line registration you can print, complete and send (by fax or mail) the PDF Registration Form.
CBA Members
$395.00 + taxes
CBA Young Lawyers
$300.00 + taxes
CBA Student Members
$150.00 + taxes
$500.00 + taxes
There will be a 20% administrative charge for any cancellation received in writing prior to March 6, 2019. No refund will be given after March 6, 2019. There will be no refunds for "no-show" registrants.
Shaw Centre
55 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON K1N 9J2
(613) 563-7646
Le Germain Hotel Ottawa
30 Daly Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1N 6E2
(613) 691-3225
Did you know that booking your stay at the conference hotel using the channels below allows the CBA to keep overall conference costs down, and pass these savings on to our delegates? The CBA guarantees a minimum number of bedroom bookings to the hotel, and rooms booked outside our block put us at risk of paying a penalty. Your choice of hotel for this conference has a direct impact on the association, and we appreciate your help by booking in the official conference room block.
To avoid disappointment, reserve your room by contacting Le Germain Hotel Ottawa directly at 613-691-3225 and referring to CBA Wellness Conference to obtain the preferred rates starting at $209.00 per night.
The preferred room rates are available until March 20, 2019.
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AVIS, the official rental car supplier of the CBA, offers several special rates. Reserve online or call 1-800-525-7537 and quote the Avis Worldwide Discount (AWD) #C136499.
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It seems like people are always coming and going in community. It's not very often that somebody sticks around for a quarter of a century. So, when someone does it is cause for celebration! The cause for celebration gets kicked up another notch or two when that person is River. Friends, neighbors, and communards came out in droves for the dance party at Acorn for River's 25th commune- a- versary.
Which got me thinking…
25- years in community
54600 labor credits
1300 Sunday brunches
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Here's what's new:
- Glossary to define terms throughout the guide
- More example images to help you understand the content
- Ways to optimize your site for mobile devices
- Clearer wording for better readabilityYou may remember getting to see what Googlebot looks like in our "First date with Googlebot" post. In this version of the SEO Starter Guide, Googlebot is back to provide you with some more SEO tips.You can download the new version here [PDF]. Entertain and impress your friends by leaving a printed copy on your coffee table.
RE: Social Media and the Law of Attraction
Although I'm not very big on reading about the Law of Attraction, yesterday I haphazardly clicked on a link from my Twitter stream, proving that catchy titles are a very important factor in getting people to click-through to your site… I thought a post about the correlation between social media and the law of attraction could be an interesting topic.
Whether your goal is to extend your personal or your business' reach, social media is one way to achieve the results your are looking for, on this point I agree with the author of the post, but… When it comes to good content attracting the audience you are trying to reach, hmm, maybe, but not exactly. Yes, you will be attracting an audience…
I believe you can be producing good content, but attracting the wrong audience. I agree that good content that helps others with gain you karma points, which in turn will translate into more followers, but depending on the lingo you are using in your social media efforts (or seo campaigns for that matter), you might be helping the wrong set of people.
The actual keywords that you target, or at least should be aiming to use in your content, will speak to certain audiences, and alienate others. So, even if your content is great, you won't be speaking to the right audience unless you are speaking their lingo. An easy example from my own life would be my talking about and creating content around the phrase "polystyrene foam packaging" or "polystyrene food packaging". Not many people will know what I'm talking about, and much less will be interested. If I choose to use "disposable plates" or "foam trays" though, or even "paper plates" (the kind we all buy from the supermarkets), we all know what I'm talking about. In my expeience, with the first set of phrases, the only people I might attract are people looking for the machines or the raw materials to produce the disposable trays, and the second set of phrases are what is used in the retail market. If I wanted to speak to the B2B market for the above mentioned products, I would go ahead and call them "meat trays" and "poultry trays", so the meat packers and the poultry packers of the world would know what I'm talking about.
You might want to read the following post, "Gaining a Competive Edge By Optimising for Colloquialisms", to gain more insight. In the post the author talks about talk about marketing internationally from a search engine optimization standpoint, but uses the example of American English and British English. Thanks to the different idioms and phrases, they become two very distinct languages, yet they are both English. This of course, is a very obivious difference in the two markets languages. While using social media or search engine optimization, knowing you target markets lingo will give you a better chance of attracting the audience that you were wishing for in the first place.
Then again, Rand Fishkin states that good content is not enough to attract an audience. In his post, "Great Content Equals Great Rankings, Right? Wrong." he documents a conversation he had with Chris Dixon regarding one of Chris' posts. As you can read for yourself below, he believes that good marketing and networking skills are what is needed to get the necessary links which provides the distribution to gain your coveted audience.
CHRIS: Rand – totally agree re links. But isn't getting links primarily about creating great content?
Read the article you link to btw and am in complete agreement.
RAND: Tragically, at least in my experience, the answer is a resounding no. Great content is easily missed by the web's link-heavy audience, while some pretty crummy content that's been marketed well (or made the right connections or comes from the right sources) will tend to overperform.
I hope you can forgive me for giving into the temptation and using this opportunity to throw some self serving links in there, nonetheless I do not believe they take away from the point I was trying to make. I would love to hear your opinion and/or cases where knowing the special lingo of your market has gained you a competitive advantage in the comments…
Social Media and the Law of Attraction
I had the distinct honor and pleasure of presenting on Social Media and the Law of Attraction at The Bob Proctor Matrixx event this past weekend. What a first class operation this is that attracts top level businesses from all over the world to get together for 6 days to learn and strategize on how to grow personally and professionally.
If you are familiar with The Secret, than you are familiar with Bob Proctor and The Law of Attraction. It is interesting how social media and the law of attraction are so similar. Afterall, social media is all about attracting like minded individuals and businesses to build your network. I think the misconception is that social media is more about personal interests than business interests. This is where the law of attraction kicks in. If you think social media is all about personal interests, than you will most likely treat it this way and your social media efforts will yield results that are more personal…based on your interests. However, if you want to leverage social media to grow your business, than this is excatly what will result.
It all comes back to one simple principle; the content you publish will attract the audience you are trying to reach. If you want to talk about what you ate and where you are, there are people online that not only care about this, but will also want to connect with you. Isn't that cool? Well, since social media is our business, we are more about business tactics and strategies for promoting businesses online and it does go back to your content…good content for the good of the people (offer solutions to questions and problems without being too pitchy about your business). However, the law of attraction does kick in again, in that, you will attract more business the better your content is for helping out others. Be a giver and the fruits of your efforts will come back tenfold.


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After visiting Fort Myers Beach , you'll probably want to move there! The City's website will have all the details about life in Fort Myers Beach .
If you're the entrepreneurial type, the Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce website can help you open a business there!
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In this month's edition of "Betcha Can't Play This", Guitar World Magazine had asked me to show what I've got and what I have for you is this cool Sweep/Tap Idea. It's simple but colorful and I can't stress enough how much dimension mixing techniques like this can add to your playing!
TABS: https://sellfy.com/p/DFuv/
Good luck peoples!
Al Joseph - Betca Can't Play This | Guitar World Magazine


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Key Issues Being Addressed in Topeka
Last Friday afternoon, the joint K-12 Education Budget and Senate Select Committees received a briefing from its attorneys, Jeff King for the Senate and Curt Tideman for the House, on the results of the commissioned report from Texas A&M University concerning the cost of a suitable education in Kansas. This independent study reviewed the history of litigation against the state, as well as reviewed previous studies of K-12 education funding. Many had speculated that the report would endorse the philosophy that there was no link between student performance and funds allocated to education. Instead, the report argued that the state might need tospend up to $2 billion over the next five years for education if we truly want to increase performance outcomes for all students across the state. You can read the report in its entirety here.
Back In Topeka After Turnaround
We arrived back in Topeka yesterday (Wednesday) after a five day "break" that included a Town Hall meeting, a house party to give a legislative briefing, and several meetings with constituents. I also squeezed in a quick visit to see my parents and sisters in Springfield, Missouri. Twenty-four hours is not nearly enough time to really enjoy a nice happy hour and a rousing game of scrabble. But, we managed to do both and have a nice dinner together and I am grateful for that. By Tuesday, I was back in Overland Park attending the Overland Park Chamber's "State of the City" luncheon with Mayor Carl Gerlach and several hundred other community members who are energized by all that's going on in one of the "best" cities in the country!
Joy has blogged extensively about her experience and activities in the legislature and beyond.
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PET V-Line Round Packers (C/T)
With our recent acquisition of Vanga Products of Surrey, British Columbia, Alpha has added a line of continuous thread PET Packers that is similar to our existing line. We are calling this the V-Line, and please note that in most cases, the dimensions and gram weights of Alpha's traditional Round Packer line and the V-Line Packers do not match up exactly. Some geographic restrictions may apply to the PET V-Line Packers, so please speak with your Alpha Sales Representative for details.
To order samples, click the cart icon next to the item(s) you want. You can specify quantities and colors when you visit your sample cart (click on the cart icon at the top right corner of this page).
Please note: If you have ordered samples of Alpha's standard line of PET Round Packers, they will have the Alpha logo on the base. If you have ordered V-Line Packers, they will have the letters VP on the base.


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Unitrans Lexus dealers offer luxury cars with an elite experience. Based in the Free State, Western Cape and Gauteng, we can deliver nationwide so are the perfect choice when shopping for your new Lexus.
The Lexus cars we offer span the full range of Lexus South Africa's offering, with plenty of customisation available. Whether it is an executive sedan, a luxury Lexus SUV or a state-of-the-art hybrid you are looking for, our expert team will be able to assist you.
Offering a purchasing experience that is dedicated to service excellence, at any of our Lexus dealers you will be attended to in a relaxed, professional, first-class environment.
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Next week I'm traveling up to Grand Rapids to participate in the Calvin Worship Symposium. One seminar I'm helping with is "Tune My Heart to Sing Your Praise: The Re-tuned hymn (and psalm!) movement in the context of the broader culture." We will be looking at the past 10+ years of the re-tuned hymn movement that originated in large part at RUF Belmont with Kevin Twit and Indelible Grace
In preparation for this seminar I've been reflecting on my own experience of this movement and some of the cultural streams associated with it. Here are a number of reasons why I think this movement has been successful and has grown from a local to a national movement. Many of them hinge on significant cultural movements beginning to change the shape of material and popular culture around 2000 when Indelible Grace was beginning.
1. Folk Music Makes a Resurgence
This movement road an upsurge in the popularity of folk music in the main steam media consciousness. Building on the renewed popularity of folk music brought to contemporary culture by the Brother, Where Art Thou (2000) Soundtrack (Listen to this 10th anniv interview with T Bone Burnett) and the immense collection of hymns texts in its backpocket Indelible Grace found a rich milieu in which to wed the old with the new in a musical synthesis that filled a pressing need for grassroots sacred song. Observation: Sufjan Stevens and the rise in interest in Shape Note Singing have been two other movements that I have associated with the emergence of folk.
2. Generation X'rs Revolt Against the Boomer Church
The Boomer generation invented and fueled the Contemporary Worship Movement, CCM, and the Mega Church Movement. These were often concerned with slick production, positive thinking, and (over)simplicity in message. Generation X'rs wanted authenticity, deeper theology, more intimate worship settings. Old hymn texts and folkier music was a perfect fit for the mood of this generation. Further Question: How does Passion Music fit into this discussion?
3. Lack of Song Choice and Publishing Stagnancy
Prior to this movement there was largely only two places to go for choices in church music – traditional hymnals or the Contemporary Worship Movement (CWM) publishing behemoth. (actually…both are publishing giants) The dichotomy these two groups facilitated and catered to created a stranglehold on churches that fueled the worship wars of the 80s and 90s. Both groups through either the old mainline denominations or the new church growth movement kept up their publishing and presence through numerous conferences and magazines. Pitting Organ and Choirs versus Mega Sound Systems and Praise Bands. In neither of these places could you find the plaintive voice of folk – The old home of community song. The time had come for folk music (and the tenets of folk) to make a major resurgence.
4. The Digital Revolution
Indelible Grace arrived on the scene just as the innovations of the internet, file sharing, and the home studio were beginning to change the face of the music industry. Between 1999-2001 Napster obliterated the way our generation thought about music ownership. Through the inspiration of Indelible Grace, songwriters in colleges and churches all over the US began to write their own re:tuned hymns and could easily share them over the internet without having to utilize the expensive means of the big recording studio. Cdbaby (founded in 2000) now made it easy to produce and distribute a CD. As a new generation of songwriters began to explore this new form it was now easy to trade songs. This grassroots movement spread from college ministry to college ministry and church plant to church plant. Indelible Grace, staying true to their grassroots even collated many of their own songs and made them available for free on a digital hymnal site.
Note: To date their have been over a 1,000 new songs released on CD's in this movement…not counting scores more that exist on websites and blogs alone.


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March 15, 2017
By Joanne Norell
RICHMOND, Va. — Playing on the road against a nationally ranked opponent is no easy task but, like in most tough situations the Notre Dame women's tennis team has found itself in this season, the Irish battled until coming away with a victory.
Facing a fierce opponent in No. 43 William & Mary, the 34th-ranked Irish withstood the Tribe's challenge in singles and came away with a 5-2 win to assemble their best winning streak since 2010.
How It Happened
The Irish (13-1) opened the match with doubles wins at the No. 2 and 3 positions. Senior Jane Fennelly and freshman Zoe Spence opened with a dominating 6-1 win over Natalia Perry and Cecily Wuenscher, while juniors Allison Miller and Brooke Broda clinched the point with a 6-4 decision over Ekaterina Stepanova and Olivia Thaler.
The Irish took a 2-0 lead thanks to a 6-1, 6-3 victory by sophomore Rachel Chong over Olivia Thaler at the No. 6 spot.
The Tribe (6-8) responded, however, with two wins on Courts 5 and 1. Rose Cheng defeated senior Mary Closs 7-6(7), 6-1, while senior Monica Robinson fell to Stepanova 6-2, 7-6(4).
Miller put the Irish back on top, defeating Lauren Goodman 6-2, 7-6(3) at the No. 3 position while Broda and Spence battled in third sets in their respective matches. It was ultimately Broda who clinched for the Irish, dominating in the final set to defeat Marie Faure 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Spence wrapped up the victory with her own, winning her final three games to defeat Perry 2-6, 7-5, 7-5.
- The Irish improved to 13-1 on the season, which is the program's best start since beginning the 2009 season 14-1. The 2009 team finished the season with a 28-5 record and reached the semifinal of the NCAA Championship.
- Notre Dame's current 10-match winning streak (Feb. 12-present) is its best since the 2010 season, when the Irish won 11 consecutive decisions from April 5-May 22, 2010.
- Freshman Zoe Spence picked up her 13th dual singles win of the season, which leads the team. She is 18-5 in singles going back to the fall.
- Junior Allison Miller improved to 12-2 on the season, which is second on the team behind Spence's 13-2 record.
- Sophomore Rachel Chong improved to 8-2 on the year.
Up Next
The Irish return to ACC action on Friday when they take on No. 23 Wake Forest (11-3, 2-1 ACC) at 4 p.m. ET at the Wake Forest Tennis Complex in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
No. 34 Notre Dame 5, No. 43 William & Mary 2
March 15, 2017
Millie West Tennis Facility
Williamsburg, Va.
1. Ekaterina Stepanova (WM) def. Monica Robinson (ND), 6-2, 7-6(4)
2. Brooke Broda (ND) def. Marie Faure (WM) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
3. Allison Miller (ND) def. Lauren Goodman (WM) 6-2, 7-6(3)
4. Zoe Spence (ND) def. Natalia Perry (WM) 2-6, 7-5, 7-5
5. Rose Cheng (WM) def. Mary Closs (ND) 7-6(7), 6-1
6. Rachel Chong (ND) def. Olivia Thaler (WM) 6-1, 6-3
1. Monica Robinson / Mary Closs (ND) vs. Marie Faure / Lauren Goodman (WM) 4-5, unfinished
2. Allison Miller / Brooke Broda (ND) def. Ekaterina Stepanova / Olivia Thaler (WM) 6-4
3. Jane Fennelly / Zoe Spence (ND) def. Natalia Perry / Cecily Wuenscher (WM) 6-1
Joanne Norell, athletics communications assistant director at the University of Notre Dame, has been part of the Fighting Irish athletics communications team since 2014 and coordinates communications efforts for the Notre Dame women's soccer, men's tennis, women's tennis and fencing programs. Norell is a 2011 graduate of Purdue University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in mass communication, and earned her master's degree in sports industry management from Georgetown University in 2013.


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Now pay for your treatments through your Email or smart phone with QuickPay.
You will need your checking account and routing number. We will never see it.
You just send the payment to my email address: [email protected]
From this site: https://chaseonline.
Note: Customer support will help you if your having trouble (888-472-7626, 0 for a Rep).
Note: With smart phones, it takes a little bit, but goes faster on your PC.


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Snapchat is in talks with Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed about a potential collaboration
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel and chief strategy officer Imran Khan traveled to Saudi Arabia over the weekend to hold talks with Prince Alwaleed bin Talal about a potential new partnership.
An official release from the Prince's team states: "HRH and Mr. Spiegel discussed political, business and economic issues. The two also discussed Prince Alwaleed's investments in the US… Also, on the agenda of discussions was future potential business cooperation between KHC and Snapchat."
Prince Alwaleed is the majority owner of Kingdom Holding Company, which has a number of investments in technology companies like Twitter and Chinese e-commerce company JD.com, Inc.
This meeting is notable as Snapchat is currently embarking on a funding round that could see the company being valued at $19 billion. With the Saudi Prince being the largest individual foreign investor in the US, it will be interesting to see what comes out of this rendezvous.
Snapchat and KHC did not comment on the meeting when contacted by TNW.
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Tiny Toon Adventures: Babs' Big Break
Tiny Toon Adventures: Bab's Big Break is a Game Boy platformer made by Konami featuring using the Tiny Toons characters.
- The graphics are large, well-drawn, and thematic to the series.
- Konami really crammed a lot of Tiny Toons characters into the game.
- The mini games are fun and give nice breaks from the levels.
- Each of the three playable characters are very similar, only their weapon functions differently. It would have been nice to give each slightly different movement abilities.
- Despite giving each level its own graphics, the bulk of it felt too similar.
- It's pretty easy to farm lives in the mini games, especially the race game.
- Despite the game being called "Bab's Big Break" you never play as Babs, and she merely acts as a plot device for the other characters.


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Einkorn Pilaf – wheat berries
Einkorn Pilaf – wheat berries
by James Belardo
Einkorn is an ancient grain that hasn't been cultivated nearly as much as the other varieties of wheat grains such as the emmer and Splet varieties. The good thing about einkorn is it's nutritional value compared to other wheat. It has a relatively high content of protein, vitamin B6, potassium, phosphorous and even caroteniods (rare in grains and very healthy)! Einkorn can also be digested better because it is 'genetically primitive' and has less gluten! A typical way of preparing the einkorn wheat berries is to cook in water until soft, sometimes soaking overnight helps the process. We like to use stock instead of water.
This maybe a great stand-alone dish but you can also mix with other dishes like our Rapini and Roasted Red Peppers creating … Rapini and Einkorn Wheat Berries
1 cup Einkorn wheat berries
1 small shallot (or 1 clove garlic and 1/2 onion)
3 cups chicken stock
2 tbsp olive oil
Peperoncino Fiocchi (hot pepper flakes) – optional
Flat-Leaf Parsley
Salt and Pepper – to taste
1. On medium heat, sauté shallot (or garlic and onion) with optional Peperoncino Fiocchi (hot pepper flakes) in 2 tbsp olive oil.
2. Add einkorn wheat berries and mix well, let cook for 1 or 2 minutes
3. Add 1 cup of stock and let the einkorn absorb most of it, then add the second cup of stock. Follow the same procedure for the last cup of stock
4. Let all of the liquid reduce, taste and add salt and pepper to taste
5. Toss in fresh flat-leaf parsley (if making Rapini and Einkorn you can omit the parsley)
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Mr. Liu Cheng's main areas of practice include antitrust and competition law, cross-border M&A and corporate investment, and international trade.
Mr. Liu has more than 10 years working experience in antitrust and competition law since 2005. He regularly advises clients on Chinese antitrust and competition matters and has represented numerous multinational companies and Chinese companies in their merger filings at Chinese authority, including a number of high profile transactions. He also provided advice on antitrust compliance for the clients' business model, and delivered antitrust trainings. He also advised clients in dealing with antitrust investigations by the authorities. His experiences cover industries including automobile, machinery, dairy, foods, chemical, energy, real estate, IT, trade, etc.
Mr. Liu has extensive experience in general corporate, M&A, commercial contracts and foreign investment. He has represented many companies with respect to their activities in China, including joint venture, M&A, fund investment, commercial transactions, etc., involving various sectors such as automobile, manufacturing, chemical industry, energy, electronics and internet. He has also provided legal services for many Chinese companies in their overseas investments. His recent representations include: representing Nissan to successfully reach a deal with Dongfeng Motor Group on the restructuring of the commercial vehicle business of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd.; representing CVC in its acquisition of South Beauty Group; representing Hunan Valin Iron & Steel Group in reach the deal with ArcelorMittal with respect to the restructuring the parties' joint venture in China; representing Beijing Automobiel Works to invest and establish a joint venture in Russia with Russian ASM Group. He has accumulated extensive experience in both domestic and overseas investments.
Mr. Liu also has extensive experience in the area of international trade remedies. He has represented dozens of Chinese exporters and multinational companies in responding to the US, EU and Chinese antidumping, countervailing duty and safeguard investigations. He has assisted MOFCOM in several matters pertaining to antidumping, countervailing duty and other WTO-related legal issues.
In the past years, Mr. Liu has been recognized by many global famous legal media as one of the leading competition lawyers in China, such as IFLR 1000 (2013, 2014, 2015), Global Competition Review and Asialaw, and so on. In 2015, Mr. Liu Cheng was recognized as a Rising Star in the area of Antitrust and Competition by Euromoney's first Rising Stars guide published by Legal Media Group, and he has been ranked as one of the highly recommended lawyers in both of Antitrust and Competition, and WTO/International Trade in China by Legal 500 in its 2016 Asia Pacific rankings. In 2016, Mr. Liu has been ranked as a "Leading Individual" by Chambers Asia Pacific Guide.
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Mr. Liu Cheng is highly recognized and has recently authored publications including "Still Unclear Path Forward – Resale Price Maintenance under the AML and Recommendations for Companies", "Non-compete clause in JV Contracts An Analysis from the Perspective of the PRC Anti-monopoly Law", "Will your future joint venture or M&A deals be affected by China's Anti-Monopoly Law?", "A Business Guide to China's Antimonopoly Law", "Legislative Note: China's Antimonopoly Law", etc.
Mr. Liu received LL.M. degrees from the University of International Business and Economics and New York University School of Law. He is admitted to both the PRC bar and New York State bar.
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Archive for September, 2013
Modern Artists Use Life-Size Craters, and Life-Like Masks, to Challenge Reality
Did you know that, in 2012, art auctions raked in as much as $11.5 billion? Profits increased by as much 21%, from just two years earlier, in 2010. Everyone knows art's greatest. Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Salvador Dali, and Andy Warhol are household names. Modern art, however, is not so clear cut. It can be difficult to keep up with the growing number of contemporary artists, and it can be even more challenging to pick out the noteworthy ones. Who is making waves in the world of modern art, and why?
Abstract Artists
Famous modern artists rarely use traditional methods, like a canvas and brush. Three dimensional objects are in, and the art based on them is selling for a good deal of cash. Some examples are works by Urs Fischer, and Damien Hurst. In 2007, Fischer literally dug a 38-fo
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The two big considerations every bride and groom-to-be have to think about are how to make their big day unique and how to save money. After all, the average cost of a wedding reception in 2012 was $13,106. In the period from 2011 to 2012, the number of couples with a wedding budget above $1 million doubled. The fact is that weddings are not getting cheaper. If you want to have a unique wedding day that does not cost you an arm and a leg, here is how wedding tent rentals can help you do exactly that.


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Sunday, November 09, 2014
Grandpa's wild ride
Grandma calls. She thinks Grandpa is lost.
Last year, when Grandpa started exhibiting signs of dementia and Grandma started having a lot of anxiety about not knowing when and where he was, my dad installed a GPS tracker in his car. It's been helpful (my grandma can look online and know when he's driving home from his boat, for example) but, on Friday night, that damn GPS tracker and its $20/month subscription fee really proved its worth.
So, Grandpa was driving home from his boat, which he stores somewhere an hour away. He got all the way home -- like, within a mile -- and he got lost. He drove past his subdivision and got very turned around.
After seeing that he had been driving around for more than an hour, my grandma called my mom. Crying.
And Mom and I got in the car to find him.
Meg was at home, logged in to the GPS program, updating us on where he was. Go north. Turn right. He's at this intersection.
I drove. Mom looked for his car. We live in the suburbs. There aren't many streetlights. It was dark.
At one point, after almost an hour, we finally caught up with him. Oddly, it was at the intersection where my mom and dad's house is. As soon as I stopped at the light, my mom jumped out of my car to knock on his window.
He turned right (away from her house, away from his house) and drove away before she could get to his car.
Determined not to lose Grandpa again, I abandoned my mother on the side of the road. (200 yards from her house, if that makes you feel and better.)
(Meg immediately left her post at the computer and went to pick Mom up and follow me, following Grandpa.)
I tailgated Grandpa. It probably made him nervous. I was just trying not to lose him.
He finally pulled onto a side street. I followed him. I threw my car into park and jumped out and knocked on his window.
"Grandpa! Hey! I saw you driving!" I pretended like it was just a coincidence. I didn't mention the GPS. He doesn't know the GPS.
"I'm just trying to find the house," Grandpa said.
"It's so dark outside," I told him. "Why don't you turn your car around? My mom will be here soon."
Meg and Mom heard everything. I had them on speaker. The phone was still in my hand. I didn't even realize it.
Grandpa turned around and Meg dropped off Mom. She got in the car with Grandpa. They followed me to Grandma and Grandpa's house. Mom said he didn't have any idea where he was. She kept pointing out landmarks. He was still confused. He missed his subdivision. (Again.) Drove right past (again), even though my mom told him to turn left. Even though he's been living there for 55 years.
We got him back home. Grandma was crying. He really needed to pee.
The whole thing was awful.
He was lost for 2.5 hours.
We can't tell my aunt.
I'm absolutely sick about the whole thing.
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Oh my! That is quite the evening. Yes grandpa may be having memory issues -- but also make sure he has a physical exam and a medication review (which your mom has likely already booked).
It hurts so much when our older relatives start to falter. Sending lots of hugs,
- JBean said...
Oh this was upsetting just to read so I can't imagine how going through it actually felt. My grandmother had Alzheimer's and it was really upsetting to see the progression of that disease. I obviously don't know your grandpas medical situation but hopefully he will see a doctor and at least get checked out. You're a good granddaughter to go out looking for him!
- Lynn said...
Sorry about this! I did hear of someone who was taking a medication that made him exhibit these symptoms...when he stopped taking it, the problem went away. It's always possible.
It breaks my heart to say this, but-- your grandfather needs to not be driving right now, and your family probably needs to start having some tough conversations about either caregiver assistance in your grandparents' home or some sort of assisted living arrangement.
These are really hard conversations to have-- my own family is having them, too. I think they're essential, as much as they suck. Not just in terms of "we can't keep doing X," but also in terms of "Y is fine right now, but if it reaches [defined point], we need to be ready to Z."
- A said...
His mother had Alzheimer's so this is sort of something we have been expecting for a while. He's not on any medications (even though he needs to be on one for his high blood sugar -- which can also make your memory foggy, I think?) because he refuses to take it.
My mom handles most of their healthcare and I'm sure they'll be making a trip to see a doctor soon (the stories that come from those trips are always pretty amusing).
Eventually, my grandma's going to need help (which she will refuse) or he's going to need to move (which will probably kill them both) but we're just getting to that point. Thankfully, my mom is close by and she's not going to pull any punches.
The ability to drive at all is likely next and soon and will be a huge battle. But, yes, it's probably time.
- Sabrina said...
Oh dear, how sad and terrifying. I 'm glad he's ok. How lucky for your grandparents to have so many relatives nearby!
- Danielle said...
This is one of the things that really suck about getting older, or watching your loved ones getting older. My grandparents have all passed, but my best friends grandmother has started to show memory lost and frequently forgets who her granddaughters are and such. Its sad to watch. Hope something gets figured out, good thing you guys have the GPS on his car!!
Just wanted to revisit this post-- I'm the anonymous from before.
I would really strongly recommend your family push for a primary care visit and possibly a referral to a neurologist asap. With your mother, Meg, or you along to provide information that your grandparents might minimize or not discuss at all. I'm not a doctor, but that degree of confusion plus a family history of Alzheimer's sound like red flags.
I'm saying this not only because the current situation sounds unhappy and possibly dangerous, but also because as far as I know, the current Alzheimer's medications only slow the decline. He can't gain back what he's lost already, but he can at least not slip as quickly if he takes the medication. If it's Alzheimer's, the longer he waits for diagnosis and treatment, the worse his starting position is. It is a horrible, horrible illness that I wouldn't wish on anyone.


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While we haven't exactly seen our first snow flakes in Central Illinois, it sure does feel pretty icy out there. I've written posts on how to stay cool in the summer and how to take the edge off your minor burn, but I've never written about how to keep yourself from turning into an icicle once the temperatures get below freezing. Some of these suggestions you may have heard before and others may have you scratching your head – give 'em a shot and I'd love to hear your feedback! As promised via Twitter, at the end of today's post I'm sharing some ultra exciting news with y'all.
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Let's start off this post with a no-brainer: Dress in Layers.
We're at that weird time in the year where it's 30 degrees when you leave the house in the morning, but by the time lunch time rolls around it's a balmy 56 degrees and I'm sweating bullets in my winter coat. My AP Psych teacher in high school told me to always dress for the weather that was expected for when I left the house and then again for when I arrived back home. While I have no regrets leaving the house in a hat, scarf and winter jacket, that's most certainly not the way to dress when it's almost 60 degrees in the afternoon. I like to wear tank tops under my sweatshirt, sweater or flannel and then have my winter jacket over that. I typically include cold weather accessories like hats, gloves and a scarf because they'll keep me warm when I need to be and also tuck away nicely in my backpack once the weather warms up.
Here are some of my favorites!
Women's AB Studio Marled Cozy Cardigan • $16
Plaid poplin button-down shirt • Gap • $24
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Columbia Hiking Crew Socks – Women • Columbia • $14.99
Women's Ultrawarm Mittens • L.L. Bean • $39.95
Bring a Couple of Hair Ties.
Anyone else not a fan of the incredibly uncomfortable feeling of being sweaty from power walking through the cold wind to get your next class? Seriously, one of the weirdest sensations I've ever felt. Enter the hair tie. Again, another simple suggestion, but one I find that often gets overlooked. When I am all bundled up, I like to put my hair up in a pony tail or bun so that some cool air can graze along the back of my neck. "But I thought this post was about keeping warm?" You're not wrong. After I get all settled wherever I am, I put my hair down to retain the heat from the back of my neck. These have been my favorite hair ties for years.
FUN FACT: Because of the sheer volume of blood that travels through your neck, it is one of the hottest places in your body. Other "hottest places" around your body include your arm pits, backs of your knees and crotch. Knowledge.
Get Warm on the Inside First.
Hot coffee, hot chocolate, hot soup, hot sandwiches, hell even hot pizza. Take care of yourself by giving yourself the proper fuel, but if you're cold, do what's logical – eat and drink warm things. If you're in a hurry, take your morning cup of Joe or fresh cup of tea with you in a cute to-go thermos. My favorite thing to do is to keep a few tea bags with me at all times and then if I'm ever cold, I go to the Union or to work and heat up a cup of water in the microwave and make myself a fresh cup of tea. I highly recommend doing this especially since tea bags are relatively inexpensive (depending on the type of tea, of course). My favorite bargain tea buy is getting the huge box of 140ish Market Pantry tea bags from Target for around $2 – you really can't beat that price.
Other Simple Switches:
- Mittens over gloves.
- Thermal socks over ankle socks.
- Wool over cotton.
- Leggings instead of tights.
Now onto the exciting news I've been alluding to. In case you don't follow me on Instagram, I'll just spell it out here:
*Happy dancing for days!* We are both super excited and are really enjoying each other's company and constantly celebrating this new milestone in our lives. I can't wait to share things with y'all moving forward – as for right now, we're gonna celebrate 🙂
How do y'all stay warm when the weather turns cold?