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We're investing in ugly ducklings……………
DIY Investor
14 April 2018
At the Scottish, we take a contrarian approach to global stock markets.
We are high-conviction investors and focus on stocks that are out of favour with mainstream investors, as we believe these offer the greatest potential for long-term gains. This is because popular stocks tend to be overvalued – while out-of-favour stocks are often too cheap. We aim to exploit this inefficiency for our shareholders.
The investment environment is inherently cyclical. We see cycles in industry fundamentals, corporate behaviour, analyst views and investor sentiment. These cycles are closely linked: when an industry's fundamentals have been strong for some time, management teams, analysts and investors tend to be overly optimistic about its future. This leads to irrational investment decisions. Some of our best opportunities arise at the opposite point in the cycle – when a downturn leads to excessive pessimism about a company's prospects. When this happens, we can buy stocks precisely when the profit opportunity is greatest.
An innovative investment approach
We believe investment returns are driven by a change in a company's prospects and an accompanying change in market perceptions. Often good companies are overly admired and consequently become overvalued. A company that has been badly run or is down on its luck may offer much more potential for improvement and, eventually, for outstanding returns. As contrarian investors, we see three distinct investment categories.
'When ugly ducklings become fully fledged swans, we're looking to sell. Until then, we keep portfolio turnover to a minimum'
We categorise the first as ugly ducklings – unloved companies that most investors shun. These firms face fundamental challenges, and the market has become extremely pessimistic about their prospects. But we see their out-of-favour status as an opportunity.
The second category is where change is afoot. These companies have made significant changes to their prospects, but the improvements are not yet recognised by the market. So, while other managers continue to steer clear, we see the potential for profit.
In the third category are companies that more to come. Unlike the first two categories, these companies are generally recognised as good businesses but we see an opportunity as the market does not appreciate the scope for further improvement.
A painstaking process
To identify the right opportunities, we use a qualitative and quantitative analytic framework to research companies' fundamental prospects. We carefully assess any management change and restructuring actions, and consider the likely extent of any earnings recovery.
Companies in our portfolio can move along an axis from "ugly ducklings" to "change is afoot" and then "more to come". When ugly ducklings become fully fledged swans, we're looking to sell. Until then, we keep portfolio turnover to a minimum.
For more information visit www.thescottish.co.uk
Please remember that past performance may not be repeated and is not a guide for future performance. The value of shares and the income from them can go down as well as up as a result of market and currency fluctuations. You may not get back the amount you invest.
The Scottish Investment Trust PLC has a long-term policy of borrowing money to invest in equities in the expectation that this will improve returns for shareholders. However, should markets fall these borrowings would magnify any losses on these investments. This may mean you get back nothing at all.
Investment trusts are listed on the London Stock Exchange and are not authorised or regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Please note that SIT Savings Ltd is not authorised to provide advice to individual investors and nothing in this promotion should be considered to be or relied upon as constituting investment advice. If you are unsure about the suitability of an investment, you should contact your financial advisor.
This promotion is issued and approved by SIT Savings Ltd, registered in Scotland No: SC91859, registered office: 6 Albyn Place, Edinburgh, EH2 4NL.
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Introducing Kate Beaton, a major new picture book talent, and author/illustrator of #1 New York Times bestseller Hark! A Vagrant! Princess Pinecone knows exactly what she wants for her birthday this year. A BIG horse. A STRONG horse. A horse fit for a WARRIOR PRINCESS! But when the day arrives, she doesn't quite get the horse of her dreams… From the artist behind the comic phenomenon Hark! A Vagrant, The Princess and the Pony is a laugh-out-loud story of brave warriors, big surprises, and falling in love with one unforgettable little pony.
Kate Beaton is the author of Hark! A Vagrant,  her #1 New York Times bestselling collection of comics. Kate is the recipient of multiple Harvey awards, and her cartoons have been featured in the New Yorker. Kate lives in Toronto, and you can find her online at www.harkavagrant.com, or on Twitter as @beatonna.

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The Perfect Holiday Gift
This holiday season give the gift of a life-changing vacation with a Ryder-Walker trek! Ryder-Walker has a variety of exciting hiking itineraries. Each trek can be tailored to make the perfect adventure for a friend, a loved one, or the whole family. With treks offered all over the world, there truly is a hike for everyone. Whether it's exploring the sunny Italian coast, the heights of the Alps, or even more exotic destinations such as Nepal and Patagonia, all of Ryder-Walker's soulfully designed and individually tailored trips offer the opportunity to give a truly magical experience to a lucky someone.
While all presents are good presents, giving trips instead of gifts allows for memories and experiences. A trip with Ryder-Walker will last your friend or loved one a lifetime. Our trips are all culturally engaging. They will open up new experiences to meet everyone from alpine shepherds to Buddhist monks. You will experience the wildest and beautiful frontiers on earth.
With the holiday season upon us, now is the perfect time to imagine you and a loved one relaxing in the sunshine next summer! Vacation gifts are a particularly fun option to consider because they offer such diverse experiences, such as riding in the famous glacier express over the Bernina Massif in Switzerland, spending a romantic night in a secluded mountain hotel, or summiting your first 9000 foot peak! Our hiking trips are particularly unique because they truly bring the reward of visiting new destinations into focus. Rather than simply traveling through a country you get the experience of hiking from village to village. Therefore, you gain an appreciation for the region's nature and culture. Celebrate the victory of having hiked the distance into your next stunning destination.
Lifelong Memories
Over my time working as a guide for Ryder-Walker I have hiked with many people who have been given a Ryder-Walker tour as a special gift. Last summer I spent time hiking through the limestone spires of the Italian Dolomites with a couple who had been given a hiking trip as a gift by their lifelong friends. They had never been on a hiking trek and were initially worried about hiking through the mountains in a foreign country. However, they rose to the challenge. When we ended the trip with a celebratory bottle of wine they agreed: there is no better gift. A week in the sunshine, relaxing nights at world-class hotels, and happy memories that they would have otherwise never experienced was the best thing they had received.
Self-Guided Trips
Ryder-Walker's self-guided trips as gifts are the perfect romantic gesture for couples! Our meticulously crafted self-guided itineraries provide everything you need to experience the magic of the mountains with your partner. All of the worries of planning your own vacation will be alleviated. Our talented office team ensures that you are booked in the region's most luxurious hotels. We make sure that all of your transportation goes smoothly. You never have to worry if you forgot a crucial detail in planning your vacation from home. Just pull on your hiking boots, grab your route description. Let's wander together into the mystery and seclusion of the mountains. What gift idea is more romantic than an evening together watching the sunset over the Adriatic on our Croatia trek? This year give a self-guided trip to a loved one and share a truly relaxing vacation with each other.
Ryder-Walker Guided Trips
Gift a guided trip and guarantee that the lucky recipient will have the best experience they could possibly have in a foreign country. In particular, our extensive list of guided trips offers the perfect gift for the whole family. Our crew of world-class guides will tailor the trip experience to you. We make sure that you have the best experience possible. Ryder-Walker teaches you about local history and ecology while making sure that you don't miss any of the region's secret charms.
This past summer I spent a wonderful couple weeks hiking through the Swiss Alps with a family who felt that a Ryder-Walker trip would be the perfect graduation gift for their two sons. As we hiked through the infinite peace of the Alps they reflected on the past few years and discussed their expectations and aspirations for the future. We spent a week of laughter and adventure together. By the end of the trip, everyone felt as though the time spent together with family in an exciting and new location had given their sons a formative pre-college experience. Guided trips as gifts are particularly unique because they give the opportunity to make new friends and build new relationships.
Hundreds of Ryder-Walker clients are still in contact with each other and many friendships last decades. Some groups of Ryder-Walker hikers even book trips together to make sure that they get to spend time in the sun with their friends from all over the world. A guided trip is a unique gift and guaranteed to be a treasured one. No other holiday present gives the possibility of learning, adventure, and lifelong friendships!
Book A Tour
Book a Ryder-Walker trek now and we'll send you a holiday gift certificate to present to your gift recipient. To book your trek, or if you would like more information on giving a Ryder-Walker trip as a holiday gift, please call us at 970-728-6481 / 888-586-8365 or email us at email@example.com. You can also purchase a gift card online. We'll send your gift certificate out right away. Not sure what trip to give? You can choose your trip later, all we need for the time being is a deposit. Happy giving.


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The intense pain of a migraine is bad enough, but on top of that, you can also suffer through symptoms like nausea and sensitivity to light. When conventional medical care doesn't relieve your pain, Lakshmana Madala, MD, FIPP, at Pain Consultants of Michigan/ A & R Therapies in Saginaw, Michigan, can help with interventional treatments that target the nerves causing your migraine pain. To learn more about your migraine treatment options, call the office in Saginaw, MI or have your physician refer you to our office.
Though all the causes of migraines aren't fully understood, the experts agree that the trigeminal nerve is involved. There's also no doubt that migraines are triggered by environmental, physical, and emotional stimuli. The trigeminal nerve may overreact to your triggers and send signals to your brain that result in a migraine.
The factors that trigger a migraine vary from one person to the next. However, some of the most common include:
Some people also find that eating certain foods triggers a migraine.
Migraines are different from other types of headaches because they may cause symptoms that begin before a headache appears and continue after your pain is gone. The stages of a migraine are as follows:
In the day or two before your headache, you may develop subtle symptoms like mood changes, food cravings, and feeling more thirsty than usual.
It's estimated that roughly one-third of all migraine sufferers experience aura about 30 minutes before their migraine begins. Most patients who have a migraine with aura have vision changes such as flashes of light, wavy lines, and blurry vision.
This is when your migraine pain begins. Migraines last at least four hours; many persist for days. Generally, you experience intense pain that's concentrated near their temple and gets worse when you move. You may also experience nausea, vomiting, lightheadedness, and sensitivity to light, sounds, smell, and touch.
For about 24 hours after your pain stops, you may still feel confused, dizzy, or have ongoing sensitivity to light and sound.
Conventional medical care includes medication to relieve pain or to prevent future migraines. If you have more than 15 migraines a month, a condition called a chronic migraine, you may be a good candidate for Botox® injections to reduce the frequency of your headaches.
As an interventional specialist, Dr. Madala offers treatment options for your migraines, such as:
Dr. Madala blocks nerves signals in your skull or temple by injecting a local anesthesia.
The sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) is a cluster of nerves located behind your nose. The SPG is associated with the trigeminal nerve, which is involved in migraines. Your pain is diminished and you may prevent future attacks when Dr. Madala blocks the SPG with an injection of a local anesthetic.
If you suffer from the intense pain of migraines, let Dr. Madala and his team at Pain Consultants of Michigan/ A & R Therapies help. To learn more about the pain-relieving treatments available at Pain Consultants of Michigan/ A & R Therapies, call 989-752-1900 or have your physician refer you to our office.


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Our investment is in the individual, using the most powerful combination of Neurotherapy technology available in the UK today. At The Brain Collective, we will walk through your journey with you from start to finish and provide a treatment plan specifically for you. The key to our success is recognising that each brain is different, and importantly, each brain responds differently. No two cases are the same.
Neurofeedback is a non-invasive, painless, and safe treatment. Numerous studies have been done evaluating neurofeedback. None have reported lasting adverse effects. Like any effective treatment, there can be short-lived side effects with neurofeedback. Effects such as difficulty falling asleep, inattention, irritability, sadness, restlessness, and headaches have been reported. However, these effects are usually gone the next day, and it is almost always possible to make adjustments in how the training is done so that they do not recur. It makes sense that neurofeedback is safe when we remember that the process is simply one of learning or training. When you are doing neurofeedback, you are just seeing your own brain activity and getting hints when it is headed in the direction of improved functioning.


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Legislation was introduced in Finance Bill 2013 to increase the maximum amount of the annual investment allowance (AIA) from £25,000 to £250,000 for a temporary period of two years from 1 January 2013. Businesses likely to be affected are those investing more than £25,000 a year in plant or machinery from 1 January 2013.
With effect from 1 April 2012 (CT) or 6 April 2012 (IT) the maximum amount of the AIA had been reduced to £25,000 for qualifying expenditure incurred on or after those dates. However, the new measure taken effect from 1 January 2013 allows a maximum amount of AIA of £250,000 for all businesses (whether within the charge to corporation tax (CT) or within the charge to income tax (IT)) for a period of two years.
If you have been considering spending a substantial amount of money on acquiring new assets then now is the time to do so as capital expenditure up to the maximum of £250,000 can be offset against your taxable profits.
Certain rules apply for accounting periods spanning the date of change. Please contact us if you would like any further information.


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Compared with Liège, Namur or the "martyr towns" of the Ardennes, Brussels escaped relatively lightly during the First World War.
But its citizens still endured the privations and indignities of 50 months of occupation – not to mention a frantic week after the Armistice during which retreating German soldiers stripped museums, galleries and private houses of anything remotely valuable.
After the fall of Belgium's fortress cities, defending the unprotected capital would have been suicidal, so Brussels surrendered without a fight on August 20, 1914. Three German soldiers on bicycles promptly appeared on the Boulevard du Régent and politely asked the way to the Gare du Nord.
For the next 24 hours the German army poured into the city, an unbroken, steel-grey column like a tidal wave or a river in flood, as one contemporary described it. Soon the conquerors were flexing their muscles. Curfews, identity cards and German currency were all imposed. The press was censored.
Flemish administrators, and even the Flemish language, were forced on the French-speaking capital.
Time itself was not exempt. Belgians were forced to put their clocks forward an hour and adopt German time (although they joked that this simply brought their ultimate victory an hour closer), and this forms the theme 14-18 Brussels on German Time, an exhibition at the Brussels City Museum opening in August.
Food shortages saw the city's many parks, gardens and boulevards turned over to vegetable production. To treat the wounded of both sides temporary hospitals sprang up, even in the halls and grounds of the royal palace.
One of the most unpopular measures was the requisitioning of anything that might help the German war effort, from cars, horses and bicycles to rubber, copper and wool. Even pigeons were requisitioned – not, presumably, because of a Teutonic taste for pigeon pie, but as legitimate internees, since carrier pigeons were widely used to convey messages throughout the war.
These feathered fighters are commemorated by their own memorial, the Monument au Pigeon-Soldat, a striking statue in a park off the Rue Locquenghien.
Among 33 other patriots shot was resistance member Gabrielle Petit, whose statue graces the Place Saint-Jean. The simple inscription reads: "I have been condemned to death. I shall be shot tomorrow. Vive le Roi! Vive la Belgique!"
Nearby, Belgium's unknown soldier is buried beneath an eternal flame at the foot of the towering column in the Place du Congrès.
The Tir National was demolished in 1963 but nearby is the Brussels Cemetery, which contains many British and Commonwealth war graves, including those of more than 50 prisoners of war exhumed from Germany and reburied on Allied soil in 1919.
The most elaborate monument is the Waterloo memorial, a grand bronze sculpture depicting a grieving Britannia surrounded by the detritus of battle. Beneath her are the reinterred remains of officers killed at Waterloo and Quatre Bras, as well as one Sergeant Major Cotton, who survived the conflict and became one of the first Waterloo battlefield guides.
The extensive First World War exhibits at the excellent (and free) Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History include tanks and artillery pieces, and uniforms and equipment from Belgium and her allies and enemies, while the large Air Hall displays dozens of planes, from fragile-looking biplanes to modern jets.
The museum's top floor, and the nearby Cinquantenaire Arch, also offer some of the best panoramic views of Brussels – a useful reminder that war memories are not the only reasons for visiting this intriguing and attractive capital city, located so close to the UK.
How Belgian do you think you are?
Were your ancestors war refugees from Liège, Mons, Tournai, Brussels or another part of Belgium?
Did they fight at the Battle of Mons in 1914 or serve at the Battle of the Frontiers? Or did they flee from Belgium to the UK? And, if your grandfather was in the trenches at Plugstreet, did he take part in the 1914 Christmas Truce football match?
The Belgian Tourist Office invites you to share stories and photos as part of a family history treasure hunt. Take part and you'll discover if you have a little bit of Belgium in you!
Find out more at belgiumtheplaceto.be/thefirstandthelast
Visit the First World War Centenary homepage or discover more of Belgium below:


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Cisco Systems will add switch-silicon vendor, Greenfield Networks, to its arsenal for metro Ethernet, a technology many service providers are now rolling out for business customers.
Privately held Greenfield, founded in 2000, makes processors that can handle advanced functions in Ethernet switches and are positioned for carrier Ethernet networks. It is headed by former head of Cisco's wireless networking unit, Bill Rossi, and several other ex-Cisco executives. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Metro Ethernet extends the familiar LAN technology out to a regionwide scale. Service providers are using it to offer high-speed business services with flexible bandwidth and an interface that enterprise network staffs already understand. Ethernet also generally costs less than traditional carrier network technologies, proponents say.
Cisco is already a major player in metro Ethernet. Greenfield's technology is complementary and will be integrated with Cisco's own, helping the company bring out new carrier-class features more quickly, Cisco said. Greenfield's products support features such as packet prioritsation, guaranteed bandwidth, MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) and IPV6 (Internet Protocol, Version 6).
Greenfield's chips are configurable, one of several factors that would help Cisco introduce new features on switches in the future, a director on Cisco's corporate business development team, Rob Salvagno, said.
Different configurations of the same hardware design could allow a chip to process packets in different ways, corporate business development manager at Cisco, Steve Fu, said.
Initially, Cisco aimed to integrate Greenfield technology in fixed-configuration and modular switches, Salvagno said.
Cisco had many products in the metro Ethernet area and saw rapid growth there, he said.
"We're excited about Greenfield because we're excited about the metro Ethernet market," Salvagno said.
Greenfield has 60 employees in the US and in India. With regulatory approvals, the deal should close in the second quarter of Cisco's 2007 fiscal year, which ends January. The employees and products will be integrated into Cisco's Ethernet and Wireless Technology Group.
Greenfield will wind down its relationships with other system vendors and has worked out transition plans with them, according to Cisco. One vendor that has announced it was a Greenfield customer is Huawei-3Com, the joint venture between 3Com and Chinese networking giant, Huawei Technologies.
Huawei-3Com said in April 2005 it would use the Greenfield's Packetry chipset in an upcoming next generation of high-end Ethernet switches.


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Obviously, we don't mean you personally – or, at least we hope not. However, the RoboGames is the world's largest open robot competition meaning that anybody can enter in any of the categories. This year's RoboGames drew to a conclusion on the 15th June but it will all happen again next year.
As well as open events there are sumo classes, bot hockey, junior league, combat bot fighting, radio controlled humanoid competitions (ranging from kung-fu to stair climbing), robot football (of the British variety, not the American), tetsujin, art bot competition, and BEAM competitions. While some of the robots are radio controlled other classes are open to either RC or completely autonomous bots and the event hosts some of the world's finest roboticists.
Whether you want to take part or you simply want to see how far the world of open robotics has come along, the annual event also gives you a good excuse to take a short break in America.
Even in the UK there is a surprisingly long list of robotic competitions including themed and general category events. Some are only open to college students but a lot are open to the bodgers and hobbyists of the robotic world too.


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Project Series 12: Charles LaBelle
Charles LaBelle's work—the video installation Horror of Light, and two photographs from the Illuminated Mounds series—reflects his long-standing interest in subjectivity, memory, and movement. For almost ten years, LaBelle has created photographs, drawings, sculptures, and installations that address the interrelationships among cartography, documentary narratives, the built environment, and the individual. He investigates "in-between" moments, states, and territories—the often-overlooked spaces, objects, and people of contemporary society. By transforming ordinary experiences and images into the oddly extraordinary, LaBelle creates objects that alter our perceptions of the mundane and the profound in everyday life.
In past work, LaBelle's interest in interstitial moments and transitional spaces manifested itself in explorations of ideas and images associated with such things as hotels, motels, night life, discarded furniture, used clothes, and passing clouds. The photographs and objects that resulted from these earlier explorations often addressed the relationship of the body to its surroundings and the experiences and memories of the body.
LaBelle's process also relates to his relationship with the body and space. He frequently sets up systematic, almost obsessive, parameters within which to work. Over the years, he has undertaken a variety of tasks: He documented every building he entered every day for a predetermined amount of time; he recorded all the neon signs in his neighborhood—one color at a time; and he rescued, then decorated, mattresses and sofas found around Los Angeles and returned them to their original sites.
While LaBelle created Horror of Light and the photographs concurrently, Horror of Light is part of a large, yearlong project that he worked on called 2001: A Space Odyssey. This project involved shooting video footage of the road every time and everywhere he drives during the course of the year; a second tiny camera mounted on the steering wheel continually videotaped him as he drives. Specific moments in that footage began to interest him, and he started to think of ways to distill them into their own discrete works. Horror of Light was the second of these.
The search for illumination—in all its readings—has long been of interest to LaBelle, and is particularly apparent in the work presented here. Deriving from a recent road trip across the United States, Horror of Light consists of footage shot during repeated journeys through the mile-long Eisenhower Tunnel in Colorado. It may represent the self-searching implicit in the notion of the "road trip," the illusive search for the light at the end of the tunnel, the transformation implied in a journey through the "underworld," and a simple drive to locate oneself in time and space.
In this recent work, LaBelle's process has shifted to become more poetic and performative. Here the relationship to the body is subtle—the bodily presence is implied in his trips through the tunnel, and only hinted at in the Illuminated Mounds. To create the photographs, LaBelle worked at night on empty construction sites. Using very long exposures, he illuminated the mounds by moving his lights over the piles of dirt—essentially painting the mounds with light.
The exhibition of work by Charles LaBelle was the twelfth in the Pomona College Museum of Art's Project Series, an ongoing program of small exhibitions that brings to the Pomona College campus art that is experimental and that introduces new forms, techniques, or concepts.
Rebecca McGrew
Essay by Charles LaBelle
I shot the original footage for this video installation in May 2001 during a cross-country road trip from L.A. to New York. It was shot inside the Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel just west of Denver on Interstate 70. The tunnel is over two miles long and the product of America's post-World War II economic and suburban expansion. Specifically, it is part of the Eisenhower administration's creation of a system of superhighways across the continent. This system, which effectively replaced the more rambling one that Kerouac traversed, remains the backbone of American ground transportation today. I had never been to Colorado nor driven through the Eisenhower Tunnel, but when I saw it on the map—two red triangles indicating the tunnel's openings—I knew it was exactly the place I'd been looking for, and that I had to go. In many ways my work has always been an excuse to go someplace unknown, to put myself in the position of being estranged. In shooting the footage I made more than a dozen passes back and forth through the tunnel, both at dusk and then again the following dawn. I spent the night in Silverthorne, at the base of the mountain, in a recently opened motel that smelled of new carpeting and glue.
Horror of Light grew out of a larger, yearlong project called 2001: A Space Odyssey. This project involved shooting video footage of the road (with a small surveillance camera through the windshield of my Ford F-150 pickup) every time and everywhere I drove during the course of the year. Additionally, a second tiny camera mounted on the steering wheel continually videotaped me as I drove. The amount of video footage I recorded is substantial: two 2-hour tapes each day, sometimes more. Eventually, specific moments in that footage began to interest me, and I started to think of ways to distill them into their own discrete works. Horror of Light is the second of these, part of a series of Road Works that may eventually include up to six separate installations. The first piece, Sunset at Dawn, is a double video projection of Sunset Boulevard shot at sunrise that was shown in September 2001.
During the making of 2001, each time I drove through a tunnel I was fascinated with the image and the eerie psychological pull of it: the way this pull echoed the physical passage of the body, encapsulated and hurtling through the narrow space. I was also drawn to the way this passage could represent a kind of transformation—the idea (or hope) that when you emerge out the far end, you are not the same person who entered. This is different from the belief that something better awaits down the road—the proverbial "light at the end of the tunnel"—which is a lie. I suspect that at the heart of our desire for change is a yearning for permanence. We move forward seeking stillness. We rush to halt time. In Horror of Light, I purposely stop short of emerging from the tunnel. (It's a blinding moment, and when your eyes adjust you see the snowcapped Rocky Mountains all around you.) Here, I am more interested in the interstitial passage, the would-be transformation, the state of continual change. All of these recent works question my drive to locate myself in time and space. They are an acknowledgment and a reconciliation of a subjective fluidity, a lack of determinism and a veiled impulse for self-obliteration.
The video is a circular image that is projected onto a concave disk that rests on the floor. The distortion of the image was achieved by strictly lo-fi means. The original footage was shot with three surveillance cameras simultaneously. I placed a cardboard toilet-paper roll over each and covered the lenses with a variety of things: vaseline, spit, condoms, water-bottle caps, potato chip bags. Further degradation of the image was achieved by re-recording the footage, slowing it as I did so, pausing and advancing frame by frame with the VCR remote. The audio track combines three elements: the ambient sound of driving through the tunnel; "Blackout" by Scorn, a Birmingham, U.K.-based project by Mick Harris; and an untitled track from Japanese noise musician Keiji Haino's CD "Saying I love you, I continue to curse myself."
Charles LaBelle
October 2001


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Terms of Reservation and Hotel Policies
Tranquility Policy/Agreement
One King West Hotel and Residence is a condominium hotel that takes the safety, comfort, security, and tranquility of all guests and residents seriously. We are committed to ensuring that the One King West experience is relaxing and enjoyable for all. In accordance with this objective, One King West has developed a Tranquility Agreement that is in place at all times. For complete details, please click here.
Non-Smoking Policy
One King West Hotel & Residence is a non-smoking hotel. A charge of $250 will be applied to the room bill of the registered guest should deep cleaning be required due to occupants smoking in the room.
Room Capacity Policy
All room rates are based on double occupancy. An additional charge of $35 per person 18+ years of age occupying a room will be applied at time of check-in. Maximum sleeping capacity in a room varies from 2 to 4 persons, depending on the suite type booked. See available amenities on your selected suite type to confirm maximum sleeping capacity. Persons 17 years of age or under must be accompanied by the registered adult at check-in to occupy a suite.
Guarantee Policy
A credit card is required at the time of booking to guarantee the reservation. The registered guest responsible for the room must be at least 18 years of age and must provide a valid credit card in their name along with 1 piece of government-issued photo identification at the time of check-in.
Check-In Policy
- Minimum Check-In Age is 18
- Check-In Time is 3 pm
- Check-Out Time is 11 am
A minimum security deposit of $250 CAD will be pre-authorized on a credit card at check-in. The pre-authorization hold will be released at check-out, however, please be advised that it can take up to 10 business days for the funds to be cleared by the credit card financial institution. In the unlikely event that the room is willfully or negligently damaged, the deposit will be withheld in full and applied to all repair and replacements costs. Should the costs exceed the $250 deposit, the full cost will be applied to the pre-authorized credit card. Visa Debit cards are not accepted.
Pet Policy
A single dog or cat under 20 lbs is permitted in a room as long as that pet is not left unattended in the suite at any time.
One King West must be made aware of the accompanying pet at the time of booking. Should the reservation be made through an online booking channel, the hotel reservations team must be advised of the pet in writing, prior to the date of arrival. Failure to notify the hotel in writing prior to your arrival may result in the refusal of the pet at the time of check-in.
In the event that a complaint is received due to loud or excessive barking or noises, a single warning will be issued. Subsequent complaints will result in the removal of the animal and/or the removal of all registered occupants of the room.
A deep cleaning charge of $100 will be added to the room bill. Additional restrictions may apply, please contact the hotel directly for details.
Valet Parking
The cost is $49.00 per day with in and out privileges.
Space is limited and vehicles that exceed the following measurements cannot be accommodated in the hotel parking garage and must be self-parked at off-site parking facilities:
• 1.9 meters (6.23 feet) high
• 5.0 meters (16.40 feet) long and/or 2.5 meters (8.2 feet) wide
A number of off-site parking lots are available within walking distance. For details and directions, click here. Please note that One King West is not affiliated in any way with any off-site parking facility and parking at these facilities is at the vehicle owner's expense and discretion.
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Reservations cancelled
• 24 hours or more prior to arrival by 3pm EST, no charge will apply.
• Within 24 hours of arrival, by 3pm EST, 100% of the total number of room nights booked will be charged.
• Guests who do not arrive on the scheduled date of arrival and have not cancelled their reservation in advance will be charged the full amount of their reservation booked.
Change in the length or dates of the reservation may result in a rate change. Group reservations are subject to group cancellation guidelines.
Cancellation policies may vary. Final cancellation terms will be verified at the time of booking.
Special Requests
Adult Rollaway bed/cot – $25.00 per day, plus taxes. Subject to availability. It cannot be guaranteed in advance and will be confirmed at the time of arrival.
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A few months ago, while reading some pre-release press on this album, I saw "Going Out In Style" referred to as the Dropkick Murphys "fun" album and I must say that I was a little worried by the comment. I've been a huge fan of the Dropkicks since I first heard them back in 2000 on a "Give 'em The Boot" compilation, but I can't honestly say that I've loved everything that they have released. There are songs here and there that I just don't like. So when I heard that this would be their "fun" album I imagined a whole album filled with tracks like "Sunshine Highway" and it scared me.
Thankfully, "Going Out In Style" is nothing like that. Sure it's mostly fast and upbeat but with all the songs about death and loss, I wouldn't call it "fun." If I had to call it something, I would call it their most "Celtic" album yet. Normally on a Dropkicks release you get Irish influenced songs mixed in with street punk, rock and folk numbers but on this disc the Irish is turned up to eleven. Every song on "Going Out Of Style" has a Celtic feel and features bag pipes, tin whistle, mandolin, banjo or some combination of the four. It makes sense, since "Going Out In Style" is a concept record about the life of Cornelius "Connie" Larkin, a fictional Irishman. You can read more about him at dropkickmurphys.com/connie.
Another Thing I read in the early press was that this disc would have a couple of guests stars on it.
Most of these high profile guests show up on the title track "Going Out In Style." It features Chris Cheney of The Living End, Fat Mike of NOFX, and the lead vocal debut of Lenny Clarke who plays Uncle Teddy on "Rescue Me." Each of them sing a line or two of the song and are, most likely, singing on the chorus. The song itself is a great sing along (slightly similar to "Flannigan's Ball") that will most likely become a standard during Dropkick Murphys legendary live shows.
The other big named guest is The Boss, Bruce Springsteen. He shares vocal duties with Ken Casey on "Peg O' My Heart," a tradition tune that has been given the Dropkick treatment. These two, along with "Memorial Day," a mid tempo gang vocal number about holding on to your dreams and "Broken Hymns," a slower song about war that features a lot of banjo picking, are my favorites on this disc, but by no means are they the only good ones. This album is great from start to finish, there is not a single song on here that I don't like.
Any fan of the Dropkick Murphys or Celtic punk in general should enjoy this release. If I had to compare this to the other Dropkick albums, I'd say it's closest to "The Meanest Of Times" but with the Irish instruments more up front in the mix.
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A private security company, part of the public Israeli Tigbur group.
In 2011, Reshef Security won a NIS 40 Million tender to provide security services to the Ma'ale Adumim settlement, including guarding educational facilities and entrance gates, operating the central control room and survialance systems, providing patrol services and securing the checkpoints around the settlement. According to company's publications, the company still operates in the Ma'ale Adumim settlement.
Reshef Security operates 8 branches in Israel including one in Katzrin in the occupied Syrian Golan.
The company also provides transportation services to a project of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, for the shipping and handling batteries from educational facilities all over Israel and the settlements to collection centers. This service includes at least the Mate Yehuda settlements' regional council.
Additionally, the company provides control center services to the Nature and Parks Authority in Nabi Samuel national park. The park is on the lands of the Palestinian village Nabi Samwil in the West Bank.
Reshef Security provides electronic protection systems to an Israeli army base, the location of which is not specified. The project is in cooperation with the Israeli and the American Ministries of Defense.
The company owns and operates 6 weapon storage houses.
In addition, the company also lost a class action lawsuit for withholding its employees' pension funds allowance and was required by the Israeli regional labor court in Tel Aviv to pay 7 Million NIS to 2000 of its employees.
Reshef Security is part of the Israeli public company Tigbur, which is owned by Orit, Doron and Rina Benbenisti.
76% of Reshef Security is owned by Tigbur, 12% is owned by David Benbenisty and 12% is owned by Yehushua Flein.
The Tigbur Group also includes the following subsidiaries: Reshef Cleaning and Maintanace (100%), Amit consulting and project management (100%), Witzman Medical Center (100%), Mushkenot Zahav (51%), Parents House Lev Haifa (100%) and Metropol – international company based in Turkey (51%).
The Israeli company EQI is part of Reshef Security. The company specializes in earthquakes alert systems.
Reshef Security is the sole distributer of the Israeli system Akrabot, by Solaris, a company that manufactures security systems for the protection of solar systems.
Reshef Security provides control center services to the Nature and Parks Authority and security services to Mizrahi Tefahot Bank and its branches (including in the West Bank).
Reshef Security also provides security escort in armored vehicles. Among the costumers for this services are Motorola, Peleohone, Orange, Hapoalim and Leumi banks, the Ministry of Turism. The company states that the security personel of this unit have graduated from special combat units in the Israeli army and have experience in working in the Judea and Samaria area. Ussualy, armored vehicles are used in the OPT.
Abroad, the company conducts a project for electronic security to solar fields in Italy, in cooperation with the company Solar By Yourself.
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The rocketry force of the Yemeni army announced launching a ballistic missile (Borkan 1) onto the Saudi interior front.
Yemeni sources reported that Borkan 1 is a Russian Scud missile which has been developed by Yemeni military experts and that it covers a distance range of 800 kilometers.
The sources asserted that the rocket hit a Saudi military target in Taif city.
Yemen has been since March 26, 2015 under brutal aggression by Saudi-led coalition.
Riyadh launched the campaign against Ansarullah revolutionaries (known as Houthis) in a bid to restore power to fugitive ex-president Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi who is a close ally to Saudi Arabia.
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The Bette Midler concert and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
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Mali community leaders renounce female circumcision
BAMAKO - Community leaders gathered in Mali Thursday to mark an international day of campaigning against female genital mutilation, publicly renouncing a practice that is still legal in the deeply-conservative west African nation.
Moussocoura Sidibe, the spokesman for 14 communities representing numerous ethnic groups in the Muslim-majority country, said they were taking "the solemn commitment to abandon the practice of FGM and early and forced marriage involving girls in our communities".
The participants in the announcement at a sports stadium in the capital Bamako represented about 1,000 people, according to organisers Tostan -- or "breakthrough" in the west African language of Wolof -- a US-registered development charity.
Female genital mutilation, or female circumcision, involves the ritual removal of the external genitalia of young girls with the aim of ensuring their chastity as women.
The painful and sometimes fatal operation is usually carried out on girls between infancy and age 15. It can cause infections and, later, infertility and childbirth complications.
Fanta Kourouma, a housewife from Yirimadio, a south-eastern suburb of the capital, said she had been campaigning against FGM since 1982.
"I lost a girl because of circumcision. I have a second daughter, who continues to live with the side-effects... I am very proud of what is happening today in my own neighbourhood," she said.
Thursday's announcement was the result of several years of campaigning targeting 90 women's associations in Yirimadio with Tostan seeking the backing of community elders, the charity's coordinator Mah Cisse said.
"We encountered many difficulties because it is not easy to change people's behaviour," she added.
Youssouf Bagayogo, a government official attending the ceremony, welcomed the announcement and said that "soon, the government will legislate to ban the practice", without giving a timetable.
In the 29 countries in Africa and the Middle East where FGM is concentrated, more than 125 million girls and women have been subjected to FGM, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
The agency says a further 86 million young girls worldwide are likely to experience some form of the practice by 2030, if current trends continue.
"Human development cannot be fully achieved as long as women and girls continue to suffer from this human rights violation or live in fear of it," UNFPA executive director Babatunde Osotimehin said in a statement to mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation.
"It is an affront to their human dignity, an assault on their health and an impediment to the well-being of their families, communities and countries.
"Human development cannot be fully achieved as long as women and girls continue to suffer from this human rights violation or live in fear of it."
While FGM remains legal in Mali, Uganda, Kenya and Guinea-Bissau have recently adopted laws criminalising the practice.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the need to "strive to preserve the best in any culture, and leave harm behind," in a statement to mark the day.
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Castles, caves, and the best wine in the region!
Just an hour west of Valencia lies the quaint medieval town of Requena, best known for the Spanish wine "Utiel-Requena", which is widely regarded and some (if not the) best in the region. During this medieval history and wine tour, you will visit one of the dozens of wineries for a full tour of the winery and the production process, finishing with a wine tasting. The wine tour will finish in the historic part of Requena, where we will sample three to five more wines from this region at the town's wine club.
No visit to Requena would be complete without exploring the small, historic town. Step into the 8th century by climbing the steps of the medieval castle for a gorgeous, panoramic view of the Valencian countryside. For lunch, you will choose from traditional dishes of this mountainous region, which vary greatly from the typical coastal diet of Valencia.
After a short walk around the small town, we will end in the main plaza where we will visit Moorish caves, underneath the old town, used also in medieval times, for wine storage, among other things.
Depending on our timing, we can also stop at the famed medicinal fountain of Siete Aguas, said to cure ailments of all types. Don't forget your water bottles!
*Please note that this tour includes some walking and stair climbing. Please let us know if you have mobility issues, and we would be happy to customize your tour to fit your needs.


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The best synthetic saliva should coat the inside of the mouth and lubricate your gums and tongue as you eat and speak. It should have a consistency similar to real saliva, be watery and slightly sticky to effectively moisten the inside of the mouth. The artificial saliva should stay within the mouth for as long as possible before being swallowed, to prevent the need for repeated application and swallowing large amounts of the product. Expect it to feel like natural saliva and have a pleasant taste, allowing you to feel like the saliva in your mouth is real.
Synthetic saliva is required when inadequate saliva is produced in the mouth, causing dryness, discomfort and pain, and increasing the chances of infection occurring. Artificial saliva cannot exactly match real saliva as it is a very complicated substance to produce. The best saliva coats the tissues within the mouth such as the tongue and gums, and lubricates to help with eating, swallowing and talking.
Closely mimicking real saliva, artificial saliva must be a wet but slightly sticky consistency, runny and transparent. Real saliva contains antibacterial enzymes and minerals that protect the teeth, but synthetic saliva as yet does not possess these qualities. Research is also being performed to develop synthetic saliva that helps to start the digestive process similar to real saliva.
Choose artificial saliva that can be used as often as needed. Although synthetic saliva does not remain in the mouth like real saliva does, artificial saliva should work within the mouth for as long as possible before it is swallowed and disappears. It should provide temporary relief from the unpleasant sensations associated with dry mouth, and not require continuous application. Protect your teeth by choosing synthetic saliva that does not possess corrosive properties known to damage enamel. There should be no allergic reactions or irritations resulting from the use of synthetic saliva, and consult your doctor if you are taking other medications in case they cause a reaction together.
One or two sprays should be all that is necessary to fully lubricate the mouth during one application. Expect saliva to help wash food particles away from the teeth toward the back of the throat. It should have a pleasant taste, or be tasteless, so that it does not adversely affect the taste of your food or drink. The best synthetic saliva is available in a handy mouth spray that can be taken with you wherever you go.
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@serenesurface-- I'm not sure, but there are more natural products out there. Xylitol is a sugar alcohol. It actually doesn't have anything to do with sugar. It's a sweetener. Glycerin is an emollient, or in other words, a moisturizer. It holds on to moisture and prevents the area from drying. It's probably not a bad ingredient to have in synthetic saliva, but I have seen products that do not contain it.
My synthetic saliva is mostly natural. It has water, herbs and natural flavoring. The only unnatural ingredient is synthetic sweetener. It works fairly well.
My synthetic saliva spray is mostly made of glycerin. It also has xylitol in it. Are these ingredients bad?
A pleasant, yet mild flavor is important in synthetic saliva. If the flavor is unpleasant, obviously, it ill be difficult to use. If the flavor is too strong, then it can irritate the mouth or affect the flavor of food as the article said.
My grandmother is a breast cancer survivor and when she was receiving chemotherapy, she had a dry mouth as well as a permanent metallic taste in her mouth. We started searching for something she could use to deal with both issues and found a synthetic saliva spray with a pleasant, lemon flavor.
It has truly been a life saver for her because she was unable to eat due to the strange flavor in her mouth. The dryness was also very bothersome. After using synthetic saliva, she could eat her food and she did not have to constantly sip on water to deal with dry mouth.


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Yesterday there was that very disturbingly gross picture floating around the internet like wildfire, and a major news magazine site picked it up to better explain that the photo is – "Mechanically separated poultry" – Viva la Chicken McNuggets! Pretty tasty huh?
"because it's crawling with bacteria, it will be washed with ammonia… Then, because it tastes gross, it will be re flavored artificially. Then, because it is weirdly pink, it will be dyed with artificial color."
Not only will I never eat a chicken nugget again, I'm pretty sure any chance of wanting strawberry soft serve ice cream in the near future is out of the playing field as well.
But it got me thinking also of other foods we eat without thinking about where or how it was made, food's we consume stuffed and packed with chemicals. So what does this have to do with whipped cream? Simple, what kind of whipped cream are you choosing to consume? If you need any more evidence to why we should be saying goodbye to fake food, take a look at this experiement.
Jonathan fields did a Cool-Whip experiment. Put cool whip in a bowl for 12 days…look at the results – http://www.jonathanfields.com/blog/horrifying-12-day-cool-whip-experiment/ – I think it's fair to say that it's time to switch to the real thing. Not a whip cream, that you can literally write on less then 2 weeks later. I think the evidence here is stronger then the argument.
Try a a whip cream dispenser using real ingredients and pharmaceutical grade N2O – gastronomic pleasures. You won't be able to write on it less then 2 weeks later. In fact, chances are, it will still be fresh.


text: student loans Forgiving Student Debt Would Boost Economy, Economists Say By Chris Arnold • Nov 25, 2019 Presidential hopefuls Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders want to tear up your student loans and set you financially free. That's popular among voters – especially those struggling to pay off this debt. Other Democratic candidates have more modest plans. But economists say the dramatic proposals from Sanders and Warren to free millions of Americans from the burden of student debt could boost the economy in significant ways and help combat income inequality. Author Describes How The UW System Can Avoid the 'Great Mistake' of Public Universities By Rachel Morello • Feb 13, 2018 College is expensive. It's elitist. Enrollments are shrinking, along with state budgets for higher education. These are just a few of the arguments against college these days. Added together, they beg the question: does the U.S. need public universities? Former UW Professor Reflects On Her Transition Out Of Wisconsin By Rachel Morello • Oct 24, 2016 Rachel Morello The last time we heard from Sara Goldrick-Rab, her business cards read "professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison." This time around, she has a different title. A College Education Costs Even More Than You Thought It Did By editor • Mar 11, 2016 We all know that American college education isn't cheap. But it turns out that it's even less cheap if you look at the numbers more closely. That's what the Wisconsin HOPE Lab did. The lab, part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, conducted four studies to figure out the true price of college. To get a sense of student realities, researchers interviewed students on college campuses across the state of Wisconsin. But they also examined 6,604 colleges nationally and compared their costs with regional cost-of-living data from the government. More Wisconsin Families Burdened With Two Generations of Student Loans By Rachel Morello • Feb 23, 2016 Rachel Morello It's no secret that student loan debt is a huge and mounting expense. In Wisconsin alone, the White House estimates residents owe more than $18 billion. And now, some of that debt has become multi-generational. Employers Starting to Help Wisconsin Grads Pay Down Student Loans By Montel Allen • Feb 22, 2016 Powertex Many UW System graduates must start paying back their student loans six months after leaving school. The average grad here faces about $30,000 worth of student debt. An effort is underway to persuade employers to adopt a new benefit for workers: help pay down student loans. Tim DeMello is CEO and founder of a Boston startup by the name of Gradifi. College Debt in Wisconsin on the Rise, Following National Trend By Mitch Teich & Bruce Murphy • Jan 28, 2016 Keith Cooper / Flickr Tuition and other college costs have risen astronomically and grants and other forms of non-debt aid haven't kept pace. It's not uncommon for students across the country today to graduate with crushing balances owed to the federal government and to private lenders – the latter often at high interest rates. Wisconsin hasn't escaped the trend. According to Bruce Murphy, editor at Urban Milwaukee, the percentage of debt incurred by Wisconsin's students rose sharply in the past decade – faster than all but 6 other states. When Did College Become So Expensive? By Rachel Morello • Jan 20, 2016 xymm, flickr Wisconsinites owe a bundle of money in student loan debt. Around 70 percent of Wisconsin's current college students will owe money on loans when they graduate, according to the Institute of College Access and Success. Each side of the political aisle thinks it has the best solution. Wisconsin Man Fights to Shed Student Loans in Bankruptcy By LaToya Dennis • Nov 4, 2015 Lendingmemo, flickr Listen Listening... / 3:32 A Waukesha man has filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court in hopes of having his student loans written off in bankruptcy court. The case calls into question the different standards used across the country. Student Loan Interest Rates Set to Double Unless Congress Acts By LaToya Dennis • Jun 28, 2013 Listen Listening... / 1:47 The interest rate on student loans is set to double Monday, if Congress fails to act. Right now, the rate on federal Stafford loans is 3.4 percent, but it would jump to 6.8 percent. Student Debt from 4-Year Colleges in Wisconsin Among Highest in the Nation By Michelle Maternowski • May 22, 2013 Wisconsin ranked 16th in the nation for highest average debt among students who graduated from a 4-year college in 2011, according to a study released by the Institute for College Access and Success. Milwaukeeans Graduating into Debt By Intern Faith Lenard • May 10, 2013 Faith Lenard May is a watershed month for graduating college students. Another will approach in six months, when those entering the work world must begin repaying student loans. Americans carry more student debt than credit card debt, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The UW System calculates the average undergraduate debt at more than $30,000. Three UWM seniors realize they owe, although none seems sure of how much. Extra Credits Add to Student Loan Debt By LaToya Dennis • Aug 20, 2012 Listen Listening... / 4:23 Whether you are in the process of paying back student loans or just beginning to figure out how to pay for college, there is no question it is expensive. The average cost of attending a four-year UW system school, including tuition, fees, room and board and books totals around $17,500 a year. The number of loans students have taken out over the past decade has tripled, and now account for more than a trillion dollars former students must repay. WUWM's LaToya Dennis has learned about one specific factor that adds to the cost of a college education - students graduating with more credits than needed.


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Summer Institute Classes Attract Diverse Group of Students
As a part-time student at the Bloomberg School, Doug Woods takes full advantage of the MPH program's extensive online offerings for most of his coursework.
Come summer, however, he treks to East Baltimore from his San Francisco home for the Graduate Summer Institute in Epidemiology and Biostatistics. For Woods, it's a way to get some face time with faculty and fellow students and take courses in a compressed time frame—many that are equivalent in credits to standard academic-year classes.
This summer's nine institutes offer 120 classes across a variety of disciplines in formats that range from one day to three weeks.
Woods, who has a PhD in cancer biology and worked for 20 years in the biotech industry, just wrapped up his second Summer Institute, completing two courses in two weeks for four credits.
"It's a lot of effort in a short time," says Woods, who plans to work in clinical trials, after earning his MPH.
Felicity Turner, director of International and Continuing Education, says about half of the Summer Institute students are in part-time MPH and DrPH programs. The short-term classes—which can be taken for credit or on a non-credit basis—also appeal to working professionals, international students and undergraduates.
"The courses offer an exciting gateway for people interested in exploring public health—an appetizer," says Turner.


text: Want to get out of debt? If you have some extra money to put towards your debt every month, the debt snowball and debt avalanche repayment methods have proven to be popular and effective. We've written about these before, but Forbes has a nice video that summarizes the two methods for all of you visual learners out there.


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Safe Investments for Your Money
Are you someone who is a beginner when it comes to investments? Do you have enough money to use as investment? Are you earning enough every month so that you can save a little money for your future? Are you willing to save money for your future? If your answer to all of these is a resounding yes and you don't know what to do with your money, then here are a few investment vehicles where you can park your money so your earnings don't go to waste. Saving money is very important and learning how to take care of your own money is a step towards a more stable future.
The Importance of Saving Money
It can be shocking when you learn about someone who earned a lot of money in the past but couldn't even make ends meet nowadays. It is more than likely because they never learned how to save their money while they were still earning. And no matter how much you earn now, if you don't know how to save them, they are bound to disappear in the future.
For people who don't know anything about investments, their investments consist of buying jewelries and other items that do not depreciate its value. Sure, it can be a good investment tool but the problem with this kind of investment is that jewelries and other investment items are easy to steal. Once they are stolen, your investment is gone. Other people have piggy banks where they can save their money. Again, piggy banks and saving your money at home are always at risk of being stolen.
Safe Investments
You would want an investment that is safe, an investment where you can easily use your money whenever you need it. Here is a list of some of the safest investment vehicles where you can protect your money without it being stolen. These investments are considered to be safe and you know that whatever you have earned, they are well protected. Just make sure that you are saving your money in reputable and trusted banks and investments companies.
Certificates of Deposit (also called Term Deposit or Time Deposit)
A certificate of deposit gives a slightly higher interest rate than a savings account. However, your money in a certificate of deposit may not be as liquid as a savings account. Placing money in it requires you to wait for the maturity date before you can have access to your money. Sure, you can withdraw your money anytime but the interests you may have earned from it may lose out due to the penalties and charges. The purpose of this investment is to give slightly higher returns and at the same time keeping your money safe.
Savings Accounts
A savings account is the primer of all investments. If you don't know anything about investments but you want to start as soon as possible, opening a savings account is the easiest route. Besides, all investors in the world who know anything about investments have at least one savings account.
The concept of this investment is that it protects your money first and foremost. This gives you a very small interest rate, however, your money in a savings account will be very liquid (i.e., easily accessible anytime). The purpose of this investment is to safe keep your money until you need it.
Money Market Accounts (also called Money Market Funds)
A money market account is a conservative type of fund that is managed by fund managers of a bank or an investment institution. A money market may or may not yield higher interest rates than a Time Deposit. Its performance depends on how good a fund manager is in managing the funds. There will be instances where a money market will outperform a time deposit and there will be times where the time deposit may perform better than a money market. Usually though, they are just at par with each other.
Different banks and investment companies may have different rules in their money market funds. Some companies may give specific maturity dates while others may give their depositors the freedom to withdraw their money anytime. The purpose of this investment is to give the depositor a chance to earn a slightly higher interest rate while at the same time keeping the funds safe. The one advantage a money market has over a time deposit is that if the account has no maturity date, then you can withdraw your money anytime without penalties and charges.
Special Deposit Accounts or Special Savings Accounts
Different banks may have different product names for it. You will know that it is a special savings account because they issue a passbook for this account. A special savings account usually yields higher interest rates than a time deposit. They usually require a high minimum maintaining balance. The minimum maintaining balance for this account is usually very much higher compared to a time deposit.
The purpose of this account is to give a higher interest rate for your savings and at the same time, will give a very safe environment for investment. The concept of this investment is usually the same as that of time deposits. It has a short term maturity date and you should not withdraw money before its maturity date or there will be charges and penalties.
Long Term Deposits
A long term deposit gives the depositor a chance to earn a significantly higher interest rate. However, it requires the investment to be held in long term. Long term deposits may give 3-year, 5-year, 7-year, or 10-year maturity dates. Most, if not all, long term deposits gives out the interest to their investors regularly. The range of giving out the interest to their investors may be monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. In some instances, the interests are held to maturity.
Different banks and investment institutions may give different schemes for their investors. They may have different rules and different terms for their investors. As a responsible investor, it is your duty to ask and know what you are getting yourself into. It is very important that you know the terms and how often they will release the interests that you have earned.
Fixed Rate Government Bonds
Government bonds are considered by many depositors and investors to be one of the safest investment instruments out there. Why? Because it is highly unlikely that your local government will default on its debts and obligations.
It is not always easy to get a hold of government bonds in fixed interest rate. So if you plan to invest your money in government bonds, you would need to be alert about your local business news on when new government bonds will be issued. You'd also want to know which banks and investment companies will provide them for small scale investors. The safest government bonds are those that have fixed interest rates but they are usually issued in long term.
An alternative to getting a fixed rate government bond is through a secondary market. However, acquiring them through secondary markets have other charges that the investor would need to pay plus bonds in secondary markets have fluctuating prices.
The concept of this type of investment is that when your local government needs funds for new projects, they will issue bonds to ensure local investors that they acknowledge they have a debt to pay investors. In effect, you are lending money to your local government and the bonds issued are to certify that they acknowledge that they are in debt and have an obligation to pay.
The open ended investment scheme (i.e., fluctuating interest rates) of government bonds are easier to find. The open ended government bonds may not be as safe because there will always be a chance to lose the principal of your money. So if you are vying for the safest government bonds, seek to invest in government bonds that give fixed interest rates. Fixed rate government bonds offer lower yields but they are the safest. Another disadvantage of this is that they are rarely available unless you plan to acquire them through a secondary market.
All these investment methods are safe provided that you look for a trusted bank or a trusted investment company. As an investor and as an owner of your own investments, you are responsible for finding an institution that you can trust.
Happy Investing!
Hi, I tend to just use banks. I did try an ISA I think it was many years ago, didn't have a darn clue what it meant, and the money was spent anyway! lol! so great info! and something I should read again!!
Hi Beats! Investing money and saving money comes to the same thing as long as the business organization you have selected to invest your money in, has a good track record.
As you have stated, banks are indeed safer than finance companies run by individuals.
Anyway, I wish you a Merry X-Mas and happy investing! Happy Holidays too!


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The Lakeway Church is a loving congregation welcoming members from all Christian traditions and honoring God through worship and service. If you would like to unite as a member of The Lakeway Church, please fill out the Membership Form below and click "Submit", which will email it to the Church Secretary, or print and return to the church office. The Church Secretary will call you and set up a membership appointment with one of our Pastors at a time convenient for you. If you need more information please contact the Church Secretary.
How to Join The Lakeway ChurchWe receive new members by profession of faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, by statement of existing faith in Christ or by transfer of membership from another Christian church. You may join The Lakeway Church in one of the following ways:
- Meet with a Pastor. Call the Church Secretary at 512-261-6331 for an appointment. She will provide you with Membership information, if necessary, and assist you in making an appointment to meet with one of our pastors between the hours of 9:30 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday.
- New Member/Inquirers classes are held on the 2nd Sunday of each month at both the 9:30 and 11:00 am hours. These classes are not mandatory, but we encourage new members to attend. They are led by Elders and cover:
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The girl's soccer match vs Oldenburg has been postponed till Thursday 9/27 starting at 5:30 pm. The match is still at Oldenburg. The JV Football game tonight vs Greensburg has been canceled. We are working on a possible makeup date the last week of the season. The boy's soccer match is still on vs Hauser
The FC 12th Man Football Club will draw the winner for their raffle this Friday at the football game versus Lawrenceburg. Grand Prize is $10,000 along with 2 winners at $500 each. Tickets are still available. Please contact Mike Bogan at 513-509-3648 for tickets. You do not need to be present to win, but we
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Luke 14:12 "And He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment. 13 "But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
This is one of the less convenient, and not so popular teachings of Jesus. Everything about this directive from the Lord screams it is inconvenient, uncomfortable, awkward, and possibly a risky command to follow. We set up our homes for our comfort, our convenience, and our ability to come home and relax. There is no sin in this, it is just what we do. This command would most certainly upset the balance of this priority in our lives. Nevertheless, this is something Jesus said to do.
Jesus calls us to reach outside of our comfortable lifestyles, and extend a hand to those who are among the outcasts, the rejected, and the unwanted people in society. As Americans we have big tables, meaning we have tables that are able to be shared because we have more than enough to live every day, even by American standards of life. We know it, the whole world knows it. We do not contend with extreme poverty (living on less than $1.60 a day) in our nation, we deal with relative poverty – compared to Bill and Melinda Gates we are all poor.
As Christians, we are a part of the legacy of a kingdom where Jesus said to invite the outcasts and rejects to our big table. Yes, this is inconvenient, uncomfortable, and very messy – but we belong to a compassionate God whose legacy is caring for the outcasts and rejects when no one else will. You can start as many believers have, by sponsoring a child through great international relief agencies like Compassion International or by supporting any other number of amazing agencies working with LIVE58. Maybe volunteer your time at a local homeless shelter, or perhaps work with a local agency feeding the poor. If you are setting aside money to give to your local church, perhaps you could start setting aside some of your money to specifically help those in need as well.
We have big tables, Jesus said to share them. We have the chance to be a part of a great legacy.


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10 Tips to Help You Cope with ADHD
If you have been diagnosed with ADHD, it may feel overwhelming to understand your diagnosis and what can be done to manage your symptoms. Many people are under the impression that the best of only treatment for ADHD is stimulant medication.
However, there are many lifestyle and behavioral changes that can be made to help you cope with ADHD.
ADHD symptoms differ from person to person and what works for one individual may not work for you.
Below are some helpful guidelines and ideas to try as you learn the best way to manage your ADHD and cope with your symptoms.
- Use a white noise machine to drown out extraneous and distracting noises in your environment while you are working. If you work in a shared office where the use of a white noise machine would not be allowed, find an app that plays white noise and listen to it on noise canceling headphones.
- Make use of a calendar. Write everything down including appointments, reminders, and tasks that need to be completed. Writing things down not only provides a reference to go back to when making plans, but the actual act of writing something down further ingrains it in your memory, meaning it is less likely to be overlooked or forgotten later. Review your calendar at the beginning of each week to get a sense of what you have coming up and budget your time accordingly. Then, each morning get into the habit of looking at your calendar for that day to remind yourself of the events that need to be attended and the tasks that need to be completed. Set aside a specific time to do this, whether it is before you lift your head from your pillow in the morning, as your drinking your morning cup of coffee, or when you first sit down at your desk to work. At the end of the week, review your calendar again and move any uncompleted tasks to the top of the next week's to-do list. Extra tip – if there is an upcoming event or task to complete that you are worried you will forget, set an alarm for it in addition to adding it to your calendar.
- Develop structure in your life. Wake up at the same time every morning and try to go to bed at the same time every night. Add routines and rhythms to your days and weeks, which will create structure and a sense of order amidst what may feel like chaos. One of your routines should be using your calendar daily and reviewing it weekly.
- Budget your time. Once you have filled in your calendar, made your to-do list, and added structure to your schedule, budget how much time you will allot for each activity. For each item on your to-do list, give yourself more time than you think you will need. Also, be sure to build in time for breaks.
- Block off chunks of time. Set aside specific time to answer calls, texts, and emails rather than opening and responding to them as they come in. Let them accumulate as they come in and set aside chunks of time to address them all at once.
- Declutter. Remove anything that is unnecessary from your living space and your desk. This will minimize distractions when you are working or attending to other tasks and relationships.
- Minimize distractions and avoid multitasking. When you are working, turn off the TV and radio and put your phone out of sight. Attempting to attend to two things at once can derail your productivity and prevent you from completing tasks.
- Use technology to your advantage. There are many apps and programs out there that you can use to organize things like finances, appointments, and health. Many people with ADHD find that they act impulsively, which can cause difficulty with focus and follow through. To combat this, make use of things like online banking, setting alarms on your phone to complete important tasks, and tracking nutrition and exercise. Using these apps and program can help to curb impulsive behaviors associated with ADHD.
- Share your diagnosis with your partner or a trusted loved one. You may have a wide range of feelings about having ADHD, making it difficult to talk about; but sharing your diagnosis with someone you are close to can be extremely beneficial. Letting a loved one in on your experience can help them better understand and support you, and it may lead them to be more patient with the messiness or forgetfulness that are a product of your ADHD.
- Talk with a therapist who can help you process your feelings about your diagnosis and symptoms. ADHD affects each individual differently, so coming up with coping strategies is something that should be done in collaboration with a trained mental health professional.


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We pay lots of lip service to Turing but has anyone actually seen or thought about what Turing did for computing? Aside from the Turing Test, Alan Turing invented his Machine, a "tape-based" system for digital computing. The machines have always been thought of as a "thought experiment" but one crazy man actually built one.
Although this Turing machine is controlled by a Parallax Propeller microcontroller, its operation while running is based only on a set of state transformations loaded from an SD card and what is written to and read from the tape. While it may seem as if the tape is merely the input and output of the machine, it is not! Nor is the tape just the memory of the machine. In a way the tape is the computer. As the symbols on the tape are manipulated by simple rules, the computing happens. The output is really more of an artifact of the machine using the tape as the computer.
The heart of the turing machine is the read-write head. The read-write head transports the tape and positions cells of the tape appropriately. It can read a cell determining what, if any, symbol is written there. The machine works on, and knows about, only one cell at a time. The tape in my machine is a 1000' roll of white 35mm film leader. The characters, ones and zeros, are written by the machine with a black dry erase marker.
This thing is so far over my head that it's in the stratosphere, but it's an amazing build.


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text: The month of November brought Autumn leaves with trips to Arima Onsen and Arashiyama! Japan has the most beautiful Autumn foliage and each year I try to find a place to go and view them. It had been a few years since I went to Arashiyama and this was the first time I had been to Arima Onsen in the Fall.