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Minute Maid pitch
In late August 2017 Fullscreen received a request for proposal from Minute Maid to translate their new "This Is Good" IMC campaign to social media. The campaign aimed to "champion the GOOD in every family," specifically targeting multicultural millennials and their real struggle to be "good" parents in the face of modern life challenges and pressures plus the impossible standard of doing it all while looking good on Instagram. The brief was to develop a complete social approach within three weeks that defined the role of social media within the brand's larger marketing strategy, expressed "This Is Good" in a socially native way, and provided audience insights and community managements recommendations. Game on. ✨
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My first step was auditing the brand's creative identity, their social media, and their audience
with the strategy team
. Then I talked to a bunch of parents in real life. Both explorations led me to the conclusion that millennial parents are still millennials—they produce, direct, and star in their own so-called internet life, crave authenticity, and are constantly searching for a "better way" to do all the things. This insight became the core of our preliminary strategic presentation that emphasized social media's unique ability to connect with real people in real time as the ideal environment to celebrate the struggle.
In the strategic presentation I identified three core creative content streams—"Make Me Laugh," "Make My Life Easier," and "Make Me Feel Less Alone"— and structured them to progress from bite-sized humor generating instant connections to longer form content building deeper connections and genuine brand affinity. I matched these three streams with our three main strategic insights to create a content matrix for brainstorming concepts and tactics.
Our creative presentation presented a creative approach that framed the role of social media as a big cocktail party where the brand can mingle with their audience. The creative content section brought "The Is Good" to life through 15 original post concepts, each demonstrating a unique tactic for connecting with the audience. I'm a big fan of showing not telling, especially in slide format. To show how each content stream would deepen the brand's ability to connect with their audience, I brought in an engagement strategist so we could mock every post with a chain of comments and brand replies to demonstrate our community management recommendations instead of just talking about them.
Although Minute Maid ultimately went with Anomaly, a larger full service agency that could package social media together with TV ads, I consider this pitch a major win. It was the first truly integrated "social first" creative approach produced for a brand at Fullscreen and the deck was circulated internally as a best practice for creative direction. I had way too much fun creating a dream feed with my team and the project's energy refreshed our usual work routine.
I'm also especially proud of this project as a non-parent. Being a member of the target demo is
a prerequisite for producing work that feels engaging and authentic to that audience. However, I can definitely empathize with someone questioning the ability of a 100% childless creative team to create content that resonates instantly and deeply with parents, engaging them as a peer who understands their struggles. Luckily almost everyone working on this project outside of the creative team was a mom or a dad so we had plenty of regular gut checks. Their reaction to the final presentation could not have been better—
"Oh this is GOOD."
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Posted on: 03/03/2014
US solar technology firm SunEdison is entering the UK market after agreeing a financing deal for the construction of four utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) solar projects.
The energy produced from the 56 megawatt (MW) portfolio, which is expected to be fully operational by the end of March, will be purchased by SmartestEnergy through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA.)
Construction of the projects in Swindon, North Devon and on the Essex/Suffolk border, will be financed from the proceeds of a non-recourse debt financing arrangement with Deutsche Bank.
Jose Perez, SunEdison's President of EMEA and Latin America, said:
"We view the UK as a high-growth market for solar and for our company. We are looking forward to supporting economic growth for the UK through solar projects that create jobs and support the local economy while delivering predictably priced energy."
Iain Robertson, Head of Generation Sales for SmartestEnergy, said:
"We are delighted to be supporting SunEdison's entry into the fast-growing UK solar PV sector. SmartestEnergy is working with a growing number of developers and investors in this exciting sector and we have a strong pipeline of projects on the horizon."
Once operational, the solar power plants will be managed by the SunEdison Renewable Operation Center (ROC), which provides global 24/7 asset management, monitoring and reporting services. Data collected from the ROC is used to continuously improve the company's products, project designs and service offerings.
SunEdison also announced that Foresight Solar Fund Limited will acquire the entire portfolio of projects once it is interconnected.
As one of the UK's leading solar infrastructure investment teams, Foresight funds currently manage over £650 million in 23 separate operating PV plants in the UK, the USA, Italy and Spain.

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List of Top Growing Small-Business Sectors in 2018
With the advent of technology, more and more industries are growing at a rapid pace. The acceptance of these industries is also growing rapidly. That is why, when you look at small-business sectors which can grow immensely in 2018, there… Continue Reading


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Achieve your fitness goals, get in shape and tick off some life experiences in New York State's great outdoors. New York has four mountain ranges, hundreds of state and national parks, and pristine nature preserves, including the Adirondacks and the Catskills. Along with over 6,700 natural bodies of water and thousands of miles of shoreline, you'll find plenty of places in New York for active adventures, including hiking, camping, fishing, canoeing, and kayaking, just to name a few. Guests looking to enhance their fitness regime can also opt to book a stay at one of the health and fitness resorts that provide fun and energizing activities designed to help you reach your goals.
There's no better place than New York to wear out your hiking boots. We have thousands of miles of scenic trails throughout the state. From the dunes and Pine Barrens of Long Island to towpaths along the Erie Canal and the 46 magnificent High Peaks of the Adirondacks, hikers of every level enjoy our well-maintained network of trails. In the Catskills, the Devil's Path trail will give you a real challenge with cliffhanging climbs. Trails near Phoenicia lead to amazing views at the top of Slide Mountain, the tallest peak in the Catskills. This is a popular area for family camping as well as trout fishing and tubing on the Esopus Creek.
Or pump up the tires, check the chain and get that bicycle in shape for a cycling vacation. From the vast state park trails that wind through New York State's scenic wilderness to those playful country roads lined with farmer's markets and small friendly towns, we've got the just the terrain to suit your mood. Get started with a cycling refresher from the state's Department of Transportation Bicycling & Pedestrian Programs. They'll provide you with updated information about bicycling & pedestrian resources in New York State.
Minty Wellness in Greater Niagara offers an oasis from stress and daily routines, a place where you can relax, rejuvenate, and eat well while minimizing the impact on the environment. The hotel is raw food and vegan establishment. They believe this diet can achieve amazing results for your health and wish to spread the message to others and to assist them in achieving this goal if they so desire. They aim to educate their guests on health and wellness while offering extreme luxury and comfort. During your stay at Minty, you will have a choice of Raw Living or Cooked Vegan Cuisine in order to help you achieve your Weight Loss, Detox, Wellness, and Rejuvenation Goals or just to experience a relaxing time away from the cares of your daily routine. The chefs work with you to create meals based on your health and dietary needs. Your menu will be specifically tailored to your likes and dislikes. If you are following a specific diet, have food allergies or are just looking to improve your dietary habits, they will provide meals specially designed for you.
The Biggest Loser Resort Niagara offers guests a breathtaking environment to make life-changing transformations. Located in New York's Java Center, a short drive from Niagara Falls, this weight loss retreat destination provides the ideal balance of fitness, education, nourishment and relaxation that will change your body, mind, and spirit. Whether you're hoping to lose substantial weight, or are in need of a fitness resort getaway, the Biggest Loser Resort Niagara provides a balanced plan that encourages a positive and lasting change. Rise and shine each morning with an exhilarating outdoor group activity that challenges you mentally and physically. Enjoy unique and encouraging camaraderie with your fellow weight-loss resort guests during the wide variety of daily group fitness exercises led by compassionate, motivating trainers and instructors. Throughout the week, you'll enjoy delicious spa cuisine meals that are designed to satisfy what your body needs to get the results you want. As a guest, you can reward your body with a refreshing weight loss spa treatment, relax in the casual elegance of your guestroom or gather with new friends at the poolside lounge.
Point virtually anywhere on a map of New York. Wherever you decide to travel, you'll find a great trail to explore and get fit. For more information, visit www.iloveny.com.


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Lionel Duclos
Lieu de naissance : Ponteix, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date de naissance : 28 août 1938
Lieu de décès : Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date de décès : 28 février 2017
Duclos: Lionel Marcel Duclos, age 78, of Swift Current passed away February 28, 2017. Prayer Service was held Monday, March 6, 2017 at 7:00 pm from the Chapel of Warren's Funeral Home. The Mass Service was held Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 2:00 pm from Christ the Redeemer Roman Catholic Church in Swift Current, with Rev. Msgr. Reymundo Asis officiating. Lighting the candle were Rick and Pam Duclos. The readers were Shenai Wagner and Blake Duclos. The Life Tribute was presented by Alex Duclos. The Intentions were given by Blake Duclos and the offering was brought forward by Rick and Pam Duclos. The Pallbearers were Craig Duclos, Alex Duclos, Blake Duclos, Jody Duclos, Gerald Wernicke and Travis Hattum. The Honorary Pallbearers were all of his coffee buddies. Lionel is survived by his wife Carrol; children Rachelle (Bob) Lamotte, Rick (Pam) Duclos, Gloria (Carl) Vielhauer and Gayle (Mark) Thornton; grandchildren Krystine (Donovan) Magel, Bryan (Kylee) Lamotte, Craig (Shenai) Duclos, Alex Duclos, Blake Duclos, Amanda Vielhauer, Matthew Vielhauer, Joshua Vielhauer, Jared Thornton, Heath Thornton and Daniel Thornton; brothers and sister Pauline Renpenning, Roger (Linda) Duclos, Raymond Duclos, Louis (Deb) Duclos, Viviane (Donald) Wernicke; sister and brother in law Grace and Bill Bowman, sister in law Irene Green. He was predeceased by his parent Marcel (Cecile) Duclos, sister Annette Duclos, brother Giles Duclos, brothers-in-law Ted Renpenning and John Green, and great grandbaby Gabriel Duclos, grandparents Osias and Adrienne Duclos, Thoedule and Josephine Perron, grandparents in law Albert and Bertha Bilboe, John and Emily Green, mother and father in law Reg and Mary Green. Lionel was born on August 28, 1938 in Ponteix, Sk. He attended school in Gravelbourg. Lionel married Carrol Green on April 19, 1965 at Our Lady of Confidence Catholic Church in Cadillac. Lionel was a farmer and school bus driver for many years. He was the president of church council and organized the Crichton Ball Club. He enjoyed fishing, woodworking, welding, playing cards, watching sports on TV and playing baseball. He will be missed by his family and friends and several nieces and nephews. In his memory, memorial donation may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association. Warren's Funeral Home were entrusted with the arrangements. For further information call 306-773-8831 or 1-800-267-6606 or visit our website at www.warrensfuneralhome.com and express your sympathy to family members in our book of condolences.


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Two people play a series of independent games. Person 1's probability of winning any game is 0.6, which leaves 0.4 for Person 2. If they play a best of 5 tournament (3/5), find the following.
(1)Probability that person 1 wins the tournament in 3 games.
(2) Probability that the tournament lasts exactly 3 games.
(3) probability that the tournament lasts exactly 4 games.
(4) Probability that Person 1 wins the tournament.
(5) Probability that it lasts only 3 games if won by person 1.
(6) Probability that person 1 won the tournament if it lasted exactly 3 games.
So, I'm pretty lost on how to even start with these problems.
I was thinking that for (1) it would be (3/5)*(3/5) -- Person1's probability of winning times the best of 5 wins. Is that even on the right track?
And how would you start the others?


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Seriously, I'm not going to stand in the way, it's too personal a thing. But if the bottle was a dust-gathering Glen-someone you got as a gift, this could be your chance to open a new door. The truest thing I know how to say: you can't go wrong with a Highland Park 12.
Chris Koch is a spirits journalist based in St. Louis, where he writes about scotch, whisky, and anything that's ever been bottled or bartended. To read more of Chris Koch's articles, go to The Idiot Proof.


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This scum, and his former skanky wife, should both be imprisoned and whipped on a daily basis for an entire year, and each day their wounds should be rubbed with salt…
He doesn't need help; he needs severe, abusive punishment!
Note: The video is extremely disturbing! TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN – Associated Press | AP
PORTLAND, Texas (AP) — Hillary Adams says that until last week, only a couple of close friends knew about the savage beating she received seven years ago from her father, a Texas judge who handles child abuse cases.
Now the beating is on display to the world on YouTube thanks to a secret video she made, and her father, Aransas County Court-at-Law Judge William Adams, is the subject of a police investigation.
Hillary Adams, 23, says the outpouring of support and encouragement she's received since posting the 2004 video online last week is tempered by the sadness that it's her father lashing her 17 times with a belt and threatening to beat her "into submission." The 8-minute video had been watched nearly 2 million times by Thursday morning.
"I'm experiencing some regret because I just pulled the covers off my own father's misbehavior after so many people thought he was such a good person. … But so many people are also telling me I did the right thing," she told The Associated Press outside her mother's home in the Gulf Coast town of Portland, near Corpus Christi.
"He's supposed to be a judge who exercises fit judgment," she said.
And she said the videoed attack was not a one-off. "It did happen regularly for a period of time," she told NBC's "Today" show on Thursday.
In the same interview, Hallie Adams blamed her ex-husband's bouts of violence on his "addiction," calling it a "family secret." She did not elaborate. Their 22-year marriage ended in 2007.
The judge did not return an AP reporter's call seeking comment early Thursday.
Police in Rockport, where the 51-year-old judge lives, opened an investigation Wednesday after receiving calls from several concerned citizens, Police Chief Tim Jayroe said. William Adams has been receiving threatening phone calls and faxes at the courthouse since the video went online, Aransas County Sheriff Bill Mills said.
No one answered the door Wednesday at the judge's home, repeated calls to his office rang unanswered and his attorney, William Dudley, did not respond to phone messages seeking comment. A neighbor said she saw Adams and his girlfriend packing luggage, a briefcase and rifles into their truck.
Corpus Christi television station KZTV caught up with the judge while he was getting into his vehicle Wednesday, and he confirmed it was him in the video. But he said it "looks worse than it is" and that he doesn't expect to be disciplined.
"In my mind, I haven't done anything wrong other than discipline my child after she was caught stealing," Adams said. "And I did lose my temper, but I've since apologized."
When told of her father's comments, Hillary Adams said, "it's a shining perfect example of his personality and he believes he can do no wrong. … He will cover up rather than admit to what he did and try to come clean."
She stressed that she did not post the video as revenge and does not want her father punished. Rather, she did it because she thinks it will force him to seek help, and because he has been harassing her and she thought posting the clip would make that stop.
"We need to reach out to victims and the abusers themselves to get people to realize what it actually is," she said.
Hillary, who was 16 at the time, said she secretly videotaped the beating in her bedroom because she "knew something was about to happen." She says her parents were angry at her for using her computer to download pirated content over the Internet.
In the clip's opening seconds, William Adams is heard telling Hillary's mother, "Go get the belt. The big one. I'm going to spank her now." With belt in hand, he turns off the light and tries forcing his daughter to bend over the bed to be beaten, but she refuses.
"Lay down or I'll spank you in your (expletive) face," Adams screams while he lashes her with sweeping blows across the legs, ignoring her wails and pleas for him to stop.
A few minutes into the video, Hillary's mother barks at her to "turn over like a 16-year-old and take it! Like a grown woman!" For about a minute, the ordeal appears to have ended after both parents leave the room and shut the door. But the judge then storms back into the room and the beating resumes.
Hallie Adams said she was "completely brainwashed and controlled" by her ex-husband.
"I did every single thing that he did," she told NBC. Hillary Adams said she is not angry at her mother.
Child advocates roundly condemned the beating as abuse. But investigators may decide that the judge's actions, while shocking, weren't criminal.
The lines between what's deemed child abuse and what's considered an acceptable level of discipline differ across the country and among various social groups, though the use of objects such as belts and sticks is usually seen as beyond any normal physical punishment, said David Finkelhor, a University of New Hampshire sociology professor who heads the school's Crimes against Children Research Center.
Jim Hopper, a clinical instructor in psychology at Harvard Medical School and a child abuse expert, said there is no doubt that the judge crossed the line.
"This is an act of brutal violence," Hopper said. "To beat someone into submission is not discipline. To beat a child into submission makes it harder for that child to take in rules and the values that the parent believes they are imposing on the child."
Adams, Aransas County's top judge, was elected in 2001 and has dealt with at least 349 family law cases in the past year alone, nearly 50 of which involved state caseworkers seeking determine whether parents were fit to raise their children.
Patrick Crimmins, a spokesman for the state Department of Family and Protective Services, said in an email that the agency is aware of the video and "will take the appropriate steps in this matter." He said the agency would have no further comment.
Hillary said she waited seven years to post the video because she didn't know what would have happened to her, her younger sister and mother had she posted it just after it happened.
"If this had blown up when I was a minor who knows where I would be. I wouldn't be able to escape."
While Hillary is close with her mother, she suspects the video will only further alienate her from her father's side of the family. Still, she says she believes it was the right thing to do.
"I'm very relieved that these things have been brought to light and not because I want to see my father burn or anything like that. That's a hideous way of thinking and I don't want to inflict that upon him," she said. "I cannot stress enough — I cannot repeat myself enough, that he just needs help."
Associated Press writers Danny Robbins, Diana Heidgerd and Linda Stewart Ball in Dallas, and Paul J. Weber in San Antonio contributed to this report.


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Repository Restructuring in AEM 6.4
Prior to AEM 6.4, customer code was deployed in unpredictable areas of the JCR that were subject to change on upgrades. Because of this, it was common for formal AEM releases to overwrite custom code, configuration or content. In addition, customer changes sometimes overwrote AEM product code or content, breaking product functionality.
By clearly delineating hierarchies for AEM product code and customer code, these conflicts can be avoided.
To that end, beginning in AEM 6.4 and to be continued in future releases, content is being restructured out of /etc to other folders in the repository, along with guidelines on what content goes where, adhering to the following high-level rules:
- AEM product code will always be placed in /libs, which must not be overwritten by custom code
- Custom code should be placed in /apps, /content, and /conf
Impact on 6.4 Upgrades
When upgrading to AEM 6.4, a large subset of the content under /etc will be duplicated in other folders in the repository. These new locations are the preferred locations in which the content is referenced. However, every attempt has been made for the AEM 6.4 upgrade to be backwards compatible with the previous locations in the /etc folder and so in most cases the old locations will continue to be referenced by AEM code until changes are actively -- and in many cases manually -- made in a customer's application. From a timeline perspective, there are two categories of changes:
- With 6.4 Upgrade - a handful of the /etc restructuring changes are not backwards compatible and thus modifications should be planned and implemented as part of the AEM 6.4 upgrade.
- Prior to 6.5 Upgrade - the vast majority of the /etc restructuring changes can be deferred until some time in the future post-upgrade. As previosuly mentioned, AEM 6.4 code will continue to reference the old locations until the modifications are implemented as part of a customer release. While there is no forced timeline for which the changes should be made, it is recommended that they are made before the 6.5 upgrade since future features may rely on the new locations being referenced. Also, documentation for a given feature will by convention reference the new locations and it could thus be confusing if the old locations are still being used.
Restructuring Guidance
While planning for an upgrade to AEM 6.4, the following per-solution pages should be referenced in order to assess the work effort:
Each page contains two sections corresponding to the urgency of the necessary changes. Anything under the "With 6.4 Upgrade" section should be tackled as part of the AEM 6.4 upgrade project. Anything under the "Prior to 6.5 Upgrade" can be optionally deferred until post-upgrade.
Each entry on the page includes a "Restructuring guidance" field, which details the recommended technical strategy for aligning with the new 6.4 respository model so that the new locations are referenced for content previously located under the /etc folder. An additional "Notes" field provides any additional useful context.


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The 2020 Comp Plan is in development.
The 2010 Queen Anne's County Comprehensive Plan continues to reaffirm our land use ethic to maintain the County as a quintessential rural community. The theme of this update is to preserve our connections from the past in order to create the future through sustainability.
The 2002 Queen Anne's County Comprehensive Plan is comprised of two volumes. This first volume provides a detailed overview of existing conditions, trends and issues. The second volume provides the Plan's policy direction, implementing strategies and priorities. These two volumes are supplemented by a technical appendix that provides the details of the alternative scenarios analysis and infrastructure assessment completed during the planning process.


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by Kirby Cheek
The ASE (Another Stupid Event) has all grown up but is still child-like fun. The ASE was born 21 years ago in Merna when a group of LRC runners of assorted abilities needed a location for a weekend run. Most in the group ran the 4 mile section in the country, but some shortened the effort with a variable distance out-and-back run. Then everyone celebrated and recovered at the Merna Bar and Grille, sharing running stories, lies and general camaraderie.
Mark the date, because this year's celebration is November 15th, and as always, the running starts at Noon.
The event is an informal opportunity to run with others (no clocks, no registration forms, no t-shirts, no fees – just fun!) Bring a friend, or two, and a few bucks to enjoy the hospitality of Merna Bar& Grille after the run. Pass this on to other I may have missed too.
Injured? Can't run? Show up anyway, to enjoy the fun. Runners are back at Merna by 1:00 to enjoy the hospitality. Just do it. Join in!
If you haven't made it to an ASE, Merna is about 4 miles east of Towanda Barnes Road In B/N on Ft. Jessie Road (extended). When you get to Merna, you can't miss it. There will be a group of runners gathering outside Merna Bar & Grille, the busiest business in Merna.
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Maintaining carpets is certainly not easy. The every day wear and tear will take its toll on your carpet. The great thing, it is possible to avoid the heavy dirt and grime on your carpet as well as you can carry out the cleaning yourself and you can accomplish it in your own time. These simple guidelines can help you preserve your carpet's overall appearance as well as prolong its life.
1.Utilize indoor and outdoor mats at each entrance in order to minimize the amount of soil brought into your your own home.
2.Clean the heavy traffic areas 2-3 times every week using a vacuum while the rest can be cleaned once a week.
3.Prepare your own spot cleaner by combining 1/4 teaspoon liquid detergent (free of bleach) plus 1 cup cold water.
4. Have a protector on a regular basis applied right after cleaning because after some time the protection on stain-resistant carpet will wear down.
5. Try the colorfastness property of a specific stain -removing solution before using it. Try testing it in hidden area.
6. Before placing on your carpet, test area rugs for colorfastness since some carpets may tend to bleed.
7. Vacuum under area rugs occasionally to remove loose dirt that may have filtered through the rugs to your carpet.
8.After professional cleaning, keep the protective blocks in place in order to avoid color transfer between house furniture and flooring.
9.All your house furniture accumulates everyday dirt and grime just like your carpet. We recommend you have them both cleaned professionally all at once for your convenience.
Carpet maintenance is really a difficult task however when you adhere to all of these smart and practical suggestions, you may spare yourself from a lot of dust particles as you clean your carpet. For additional info on carpet cleaning and maintenance, contact an experienced professional carpet cleaner in Federal Way, WA. Danny Thomas ProClean is certainly at your service. Phone us now so we can arrange our visit to your place.


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The management of the sale and lease of Crown land is not effective because oversight of decision-making is inadequate and community involvement is limited, according to a report released today by NSW Auditor-General, Margaret Crawford. The audit found limited oversight of sales and leases of Crown land by the Department of Industry - Lands. The Department has only just started monitoring whether tenants are complying with lease conditions, and does not
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (September 17, 2014)--The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) has published its key, evidence-based recommendations for the comprehensive care of midlife women--on everything from hot flashes to heart disease. The special feature, "The North American Menopause Society Recommendations for Clinical Care of Midlife Women," was published online today in the Society's journal Menopause. This is the first, comprehensive set of evidence-based recommendations for the care of midlife women freely available to all clinicians who care for women at this stage of life.
"Given the significant controversy and new research findings related to hormone therapy and other treatments for midlife women, this guide is greatly needed," says Dr. Jan Shifren, president of NAMS and a practicing gynecologist. "This succinct and evidence-based guide to clinical care will improve the understanding and management of women's health at this critical stage of life."
The key points and clinical recommendations, which are graded for their level of evidence, were carefully reviewed for accuracy and relevance, edited, and approved by an editorial panel of experts in midlife women's health from a wide range of specialties, including gynecologists, internists, medical and reproductive endocrinologists, cardiologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, dermatologists, oncologists and counselors. The 2013-2014 NAMS Board of Trustees provided a final review and approval of the key points and recommendations.
"This very practical publication includes key points and recommendations for care on more than 50 important topics, including such key issues as vasomotor symptoms, osteoporosis and genitourinary syndrome of menopause," states Dr. Margery Gass, executive director of NAMS.
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During the past two weekends, many listeners noted that the RSID for the Olivia modes did change the mode. In an attempt to fix that problem, I have amplified the RSID for this weekend's Olivia 32-1000 by 2.5 dB.
Also, please make sure that Fldigi is configured to search the passband for the RSID. Such a search is necessary given that the MFSK32 is centered on 1500 Hz, but the Olivia is centered on 2000 Hz. In Fldigi: Configure > IDs > RsID: select Searches passband. In newer versions of Fldigi, you can alternatively left-click on the RxID in the upper right of the main screen, then select Passband.
We are experimenting with Olivia at 2000 Hz because text modes at these higher frequencies might be able to escape interference consisting of voice, music, and even some types of noise. Soon we will return to less nerve-wracking shows where all the modes are at the same audio frequency.
Last week, on the show, I erroneously introduced the Olivia 32-1000 and Olivia 32-2000. Apologies for the confusion.
Here is the lineup for VOA Radiogram, program 171, 9-10 July 2016, all in MFSK32 centered on 1500 Hz except where noted:
1:36 Program preview2:51 Saturn's moon Titan might support life*
7:47 New Horizons space probe extends its mission*
13:01 Lightning rod may have saved Maryland's State House*
18:42 Olivia 32-1000/2000 Hz: Pasta is good for you
26:29 MFSK32/1500 Hz: Closing announcements*
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Please send reception reports to email@example.com Radiogram transmission schedule
(all days and times UTC):
Sat 0930-1000 5745 kHz
Sat 1600-1630 17580 kHz
Sun 0230-0300 5745 kHz
Sun 1930-2000 15670 kHz
All via the Edward R. Murrow transmitting station in North Carolina.
The Mighty KBC will broadcast to North America Sunday at 0000-0200 UTC (Saturday 8-10 pm EDT) on 9925 kHz, via Germany. A minute of MFSK32 will be transmitted at about 0130 UTC. Reports for KBC reception and decode to Eric: email@example.com
DigiDX will provide DX and media news in MFSK32 and a mixture of other modes:
Sunday 2130-2200 UTC, 15770 kHz, via WRMI FloridaDaily 1830-1900 and 0530-0600 UTC, 6070 kHz, via Channel 292 Germany
Sunday 2330-2400 UTC, 11580 kHz, via WRMI Florida
Monday 2000-2130 UTC, 6070 kHz, via Channel 292 Germany
Sunday 2330-2400 UTC, 11580 kHz, via WRMI Florida
Monday 2000-2130 UTC, 6070 kHz, via Channel 292 Germany
Look for any additions or changes to the DigiDX schedule at http://www.digidx.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/digidx/
IBC (Italian Broadcasting Corporation) has a broadcast to Europe on 6070 kHz, Wednesdays, 2000-2200 UTC, with MFSK32 and Olivia 16-500 at 2030-2100 UTC. See http://ibcradio.webs.com/ for the complete schedule and contact information.
Thank you for your reports from last weekend. Reception and results were good in most parts of the world. I have sent MFSK galleries from last gallery to everyone who sent reports as of Thursday.
If you want to see images posted by listeners during, or shortly after, the weekend broadcasts, visit https://twitter.com/voaradiogram . I retweet the images submitted by VOA Radiogram listeners. You do not need to be a Twitter registered user to read the tweets. If you do register, you can send your own MFSK32 images, screen captures of text, etc. Please include @VOARadiogram in your tweet, and follow @VOARadiogram.
I hope you can tune in and write in this weekend.
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Hey, would-be Droid Bionic owners! Don't let the talk of the Bionic's demise get you down too much; there might still be some hope for this one.
Last week, a handful of well-rooted whisperers in the handset community were all saying the same thing: the Droid Bionic was cancelled, with the Targa (or something similar) taking its place in Verizon's upcoming lineup. According to Motorola, that's not quite the case.
In a statement to the Wall Street Journal, an unnamed Moto rep said:
"Based on compelling feedback since the show, we are incorporating several enhancements to make this an even better consumer experience"
The "show" they're talking about here is CES, where Moto first debuted the handset.
Of course, it's worth mentioning that this statement is juuuust vague enough to mean… pretty much anything. "Incorporating several enhancements" could very well mean "We're changing the body and some of the specs. Oh… and, purely coincidentally, we're changing the name to 'Targa'".


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Sheri Moon Zombie as the less-than-dynamic star of her husband's 'The Lords of Salem'
Recently, the documentary "Room 237" looked at a motley assortment of individuals who worship "The Shining." In a few years, Rob Zombie might qualify for associate membership.
The monster-metalist-turned-horror-film-director has a new movie out, and it's full of nods to Stanley Kubrick's classic spookshow, including naked crones, inexplicable rivers of blood and a locked room.
It even has those shock-cuts to title cards announcing the days of the week. Monday. Tuesday...
What "The Lords of Salem" doesn't have, however, is any sort of compelling storyline to tie it together, or a protagonist who's charismatic enough to keep us watching this mash-up of Kubrickian shocks and B-movie shlock.
Zombie's a huge fan of low-budget `70s genre films, and he's saluted them before. He paid tribute to redneck gore with "House of 1000 Corpses" and "The Devil's Rejects"; he made his own additions to the seminal slasher series with a new "Halloween" and "Halloween II."
This time, "The Lords of Salem" evokes supernatural horror — although not so much "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Exorcist" as B movies like "Simon, King of the Witches," "The Devil's Rain" and "The Sentinel." The cheese is spread thick and wide. The stage blood flows like wine.
The story is set in modern Massachusetts, and features the old standby plot of a witch's curse finally coming to bear on the descendent of one of her tormentors. In this case, that happens to be a punky rock DJ who's just been selected as a Satan's surrogate mom. I see a nursery and I want it painted black.
Zombie isn't a bad filmmaker — he has a decent sense of composition, and the film delivers a few scares. (It also has a genuine, sardonic feel for the world of "wild and wacky" radio shows.) But he's a poor writer and, unfortunately, far too good a husband.
That last one might not sound like a drawback, but it's blinded him to the supposed talents of his wife, Sheri Moon Zombie. He's cast her as the lead here, yet even with her thick blond dreadlocks, acres of tattoos and willingness to get naked as often as possible, she's completely forgettable. She doesn't draw you in.
And someone needs to, because as a writer, Zombie uses the excuse of the supernatural to stoop to endless, pointless hallucinations.
Things seem to be lagging? Time for Sheri to have a nightmare about faceless doctors pulling a demon from her womb. Or getting sexually assaulted by a priest. Or whatever other deliberately naughty images Zombie can think of.
Yet none of them are particularly scary, though, no matter how outrageous Zombie tries to be. It's all meant to be monstrous, unspeakable, blasphemous horror but it comes across more like a slightly dirty drawing, passed in seventh-grade religion class.
There is one diverting aspect to "The Lords of Salem" — Zombie has stuffed it with every semi-familiar face he can think of. (Overstuffed, actually — it wasn't until the final credits that I realized Michael Berryman and Sid Haig were in it, and they are hard men to miss.)
Genre fans will enjoy seeing Bruce Davison and Dee Wallace again, though (and perhaps be a little startled by what Meg Foster looks like these days). In fact the guest stars who ended up having their scenes deleted — Udo Kier, Clint Howard, Chris Knight — could probably populate an entire other movie.
It'd probably stink too, though.
Ratings note: The film contains graphic sexual images, nudity, strong language, drug abuse, violence and gore.
Directed by Rob Zombie. With Sheri Moon Zombie. Now playing in New York.
★ ½
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Shannon Bex has released a brand new single "I'm Out" Available on iTunes. Back to her country routes, and ready to surge into the music world once again. as a fan of the group she was a part of (Danity Kane) it is a blessing to see and hear Shannon's new beginning in music being something that has been her passion. On behalf of the Nexxlegacy Radio staff we will always wish you well, and we will support you and your projects. Every one support Shannon Bex, and purchase her single on iTunes. Also check out her website and facebook page.
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Pages from my old journal that I finally managed to scan.
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The beautiful view of the Himalyas we ultimately climbed with 700 monks, from Bhan's house in Kullu.
A list of odds and ends, and a curiously shaped leaf that I found that looked so much like the nymphs in The Spiderwick Chorinicles.
The side-effects of working on a rotational Artists' Book at Still Water Bindery in Vermont.
In Mussoorie, sitting in Kal-Sang with a bowl of hot soup in the pouring rain. A man passes by with a black umbrella, carrying a small trunk saying 'Body Massage'.
Sitting in an old old Fir forest in Old Manali. A work in progress of the endless trees that surrounded me.
a page on my day at the incredible awe-some and mind boggling Huntington Library in LA, followed by the extremely strong and thought-provoking trip to the Sequoia National Park. It was life altering experience. I will never forget it, and I hope I have another opportunity to repeat it.
The book-binding begins. As do the visual intruction to burn the steps into my brain.
Thinking about the anatomy of the human heart after going to the Bodies exhibit, and about how love is in the mind.
The old fir tree at the lake house in Vermont. Peaceful.
Sitting in the Boston Common with a hot chocolate and doughnut after a mentally exhausting trip to the Museum of Modern Art, where I saw exquisite pieces of Art Nouveau jewelery.


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Hello friends, it another beautiful time on my blog today, as i am used to telling people that is a land flowing with Milk and Honey.
As for me I kinda like the milk* than the honey, but which ever one you like, they are both good for the body, so let go a little further as we explore the milk and honey potential of this nation and how we can secure it and engage it to transform our world and generation.
There is nothing as painful and awful like potential that are not utilized and that are wasting away, is full of potentials and business investment opportunities and today we are going to show you best of those lucrative investment and business potentials, and how you can use them unto your own advantage.
1. Poultry Farming: This list will be totally incomplete without making mention of business ventures like poultry farming; it is one of the strongest business in right now, it is also one of the businesses that as attract foreign investorsa.
The major concept of poultry lucrativeness is the ability to supply the needed animal protein in our daily meal within the shortest possible period of time, with the help of genetics sciences, we now have broilers that reaches maturity in 1 month, the normal broilers uses 3 month, so research is making poultry business get even better daily.
Poultry meat is widely acceptable by everybody so you can be sure of making huge profits, there are two major aspect f the business "egg production and meat production" the broilers are the meat producers and the layers are the egg producers.
The both of them are in vogue; so you can make your choice which one you wish to invest into; eggs are produced at 22 weeks of raising the layers from day old and they lay pretty well so that you can realize more than enough egg daily to sell and make millions, having put in place effective and efficient system of management, poultry farming as put hope in the eyes of many hopeless and you can be the next, the truth is, right now in the market.
Egg are too much in high demand so currently the production level is yet to meet the demand, that is to tell you, there is a very huge buyers waiting to buy your egg and the same thing goes for the meat, You can learn how to start poultry farming here.
2. Maize Farming: There are some food crops that as also become cash crop, maize is one of them, though locally consumed but also fetches us foreign exchange, the concept of maize farming is just that, maize is an indispensable part of every man and livestock diet, so its an asset and a raw material at the same time, if you have the capacity, you can go on irrigation farming and grow maize all year round, instead of the seasonal maize we still have.
3. Sales and Distribution of Building Materials: Construction of various building and infrastructures are going on at its best today and you can use this to your own advantage, companies like dangote cement are a typical replica oof the profit margin that can be derive from the sales of building materials, its one of the surest business that guarantee such a great profit.
You can imagine how many resources that will be needed to complete the project or a house, Don't just wait for the non-existing Jobs, you can start your own local shop selling building materials and with the profit you make in your 1st 6months, you can expand your business and make it greater.
4. Egg Production and Distribution: Even though I have mention poultry farming earlier, i still have to talk about egg production and distribution here, the reason is because this is a tangible business on it, and that is one of the specialization of the agro industry, ability to make you stable on your own and also have your sub-category business in your farming ventures; there are some people today, they are making most of their profits from agriculture but they never touch a farm implement neither do they ever get down to the farm land, but how?
Marketing and distribution is the key, egg is highly demanded in the market and so you can start a distribution and sales of egg in what i call, an 'egg store' where people from far and near can come in contact with you and buy egg, to make it easy, you can set up your own poultry layer farm and sell of your egg yourself and at the same time, you can just choose to buy egg from the farm at a wholesales profits and sell it bit by bit at your egg store and by so doing, you will be making good profits and good sales.
5. Real Estate Business: Landed property kind of business are not for babes, they are for real business giants that are ready to make some serious cash, the reason been that, they are capital intensive and the profit margin is high, is very high.
Every company, government infrastructures, firms, school, hostel, houses are all laid on the land, so everywhere people find themselves, land and shelter is a basic need and that is where the profit and potency of real estate business lies.
Everyone intending to start a big shopping mail, a big commercial farm or a raw material processing industry needs "land", you will always be relevant in this business as long as develop keep taking place in our society.
6. Fish Farming: Fish Farming is not just another lucrative business venture, its a boom!!! You can make a living on this business venture, you can earn millions year in year out, so many youth are now seeing the potentials in fish farming, fish is also another major source of our animal protein and at least almost every Family east Fish daily, so you can be sure of a stable ready market for your fish.
7. Small Scale Commodity Enterprise: There are so many petty needs have and they are always on the outlook for who will meet these needs of theirs, you can build a business around this needs and dominate it with time.
Some of this needs can easily be derived from raw materials and learning the skill can turn you into a producer overnight; some of this small daily needs are toothpastes, paints, oil, cosmetics, liquid soaps, shampoo, air freshener, furniture, bleach, insecticides are other household items, you can start some of this small business with as low as #10,000 and buy your portfolio.
8. Recruitment Firm: The prevailing Unemployment is a big concern young school leavers, graduates and the government at large, while some students have taking measures to secure their after school life by starting a business and career, majority still wait to seek for the non-existing Jobs, however.
We do not neglect the place of job for graduates, but the continuous frustration as made many graduates to stop seeking for job, but if you are equipped with quality information you can start a recruitment firm, where graduates can submit their CVs, or get a better job and you are sure to make huge profits, companies like Jobberman as explore this particular business idea today and its speaking loudly.
9. Transport and Haulage Business: People move to and fro daily, on the way to their business and livelihood, travelling now is a normal and daily thing, the haulage industry as been a very lucrative one since the population is huge and everybody can not own their own car, even students are another major centers for success in transport business, securing good vehicles, reliable and trust worthy drivers with efficient human resources and capital are necessity for success in this business.
Although this business seems to be a little bit capital intensive and it requires a lot of technical-know how, you can also consider goods haulage; some rich and smart investors actually makes it easier by investing into the industry and having their service monitor by that transport agent officials while they get paid in return.
10. Food Production and Distribution: Food is a necessity for Life, we need food daily, we need food to survive, businessmen in places like lagos are already on their way to their work as early as 4am, except for the family men, not everyone will have that opportunity to cook in the morning before going out.
you can start a food production business today and there are divas ways to go about it, you cn set up a restaurant, food canteen, or have a depot where you use mobile chops to deliver food to people in various business centers across the cities.
You can be so sure of making profits and selling off your food, as a matter of fact, the food will not be enough because he more people get to know about your business, the more food they want to buy, this business can successful start and survive with 50k and above, based on your budget you can also start with 20k or even 10k and still build a good business in food industry.
11. Plantation Agriculture: Planting of crop is one of the aspect of Agriculture that is very important, here i will not waste much time, i believe, an average already knows about planting of crops, but there are some particular essential crops that are of high relevant and make good cash for farmers, some of them includes; Cassava, Maize, Rice, Vegetable (efo, ugwu), Groundnut, wheat, fruits, orchard, yam, pineapple, plaintain, banana, these are highly profitable crops you can cultivate and make good profits in Agriculture plantation farming business.
12. Online Business/Internet Marketing: Internet Business is one of the fastest growing ventures today, many local business both online and offline now survive on the account of the web development and internet business tools that as advanced over time.
Many writers in now live like kings and queen due to the development of technology, ICT and basically the internet, we now have thousands (if not millions) of bloggers and web content writers, and with programs like google adsense, affiliate marketing, internet marketing and so, a lot of are making good cash, bloggers like Linda Ikeji as proven that Blogging can take anyone into the realms of Ranking in Billionaires.
Business expert in web fields are also making huge income by rendering services like web design, writing of article (freelance writing), web development, blogging and blog creation, web consultancy among others, information marketing and other kind of internet marketing is a proven sign that internet business is on a fastlane growth right now.
If you have better business ideas, or you felt the list is not complete, you can drop your business ideas below as a comment, and if you have further questions, you can ask them, i will surely reply them.
Please there are thousands of non-employ youths, graduates and both old and young out there, kindly share this article for them on your social media platforms and also print it for them.


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A knife-wielding Palestinian has been shot dead after he approached a crossing between the West Bank and Israel and tried to stab guards at the site, Israeli police said.
No Israelis were harmed in Saturday's attempted attack, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said.
It was the latest in a series of Palestinian attacks that began in mid-September and were accompanied by widespread unrest, including clashes between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli troops.
In all, 11 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, mostly stabbings, and 67 Palestinians have died by Israeli fire. Forty-one of the Palestinians killed were said by Israel to have been involved in attacks or attempted attacks.
Israel blames Palestinian attacks on what it says is anti-Israel incitement. Palestinians say the violence is driven by public frustration and hopelessness.


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General Education Requirements for Students Beginning Fall 2013 or Later
I. Fixed Core
These introductory courses are meant to be taken at the beginning of a student's college career, preferably in the first year, in order to build the necessary skills to succeed in subsequent courses. One course must be taken in each category.
Category 1. English Composition
FIQWS: Freshman Inquiry Writing Seminar
Six-credit seminar, organized around a specific topic. 3 hours of the seminar are spent with a full-time faculty member exploring the specific topic, and 3 hours with a writing instructor in an intensive, 3-hour writing course that uses the content material provided by the topic seminar. Writing instructor and topic-based instructor work in coordination.
ENGL 11000: Freshman Composition
The longer paper, and practice in essay forms.
Category 2. English Composition II
ENGL 21001: Writing for Humanities and the Arts
Practice in the styles and forms of expository writing required in specific disciplines and analysis of readings that acquaint students with standards of good writing in their specific field.
ART 21000: Writing About Art
Practice in the styles and forms of expository writing required in the arts disciplines and analysis of readings that acquaint students with standards of good writing about art.
MUS 21000: Writing About Music
Intended to help music majors and others interested in exploring the different strategies and styles pertaining to reading, thinking, and writing about music. This course satisfies the requirement of the second level writing course.
ENGL 25000: Introduction to Literary Study
A practical introduction to significant works of English, American, and Anglophone literature from the late Middle Ages to the present, with special attention to literary terms, concerns, and forms, and an emphasis on close reading and on the relation of text and context.
Category 3. Quantitative Reasoning
FQUAN: Freshman Quantitative Reasoning
FQUAN, offered through the Psychology department, teaches the same quantitative skills as most Introductory-level Math courses.
The following courses may also be taken upon placement by the Math department:
MATH 15000: Mathematics for the Contemporary World
This course aims to give students the tools needed to critically examine the quantitative issues of our times: the basics of logical reasoning, the use of graphs and algebra to create quantitative models, and the role of statistics and probability in analyzing data. Students will apply these ideas to assess the quantitative claims raised in contemporary case studies commonly discussed in the media.
MATH 17300: Introduction to Probability and Statistics
Descriptive statistics and frequency histograms; measures of location and dispersion; elementary probability; permutations and combinations; multiplication rule and conditional probability; Bayes' Theorem; independent events; random variables, expected values; applications to binomial, hypergeometric, uniform and normal distributions; the Central Limit Theorem; testing statistical hypotheses; correlation; linear regression and least squares. Prereq: placement by the Department. Credit will be given for only one of the following courses: Math 17300, Eco 29500, Psy 21500, Soc 23100.
MATH 19000: College Algebra and Trigonometry
Introduction to functions, rational expressions and their applications, rational exponents, conic sections, Gaussian elimination and determinants, nonlinear systems of equations, introductions to trigonometric functions. Prereq: placement at college entry or by subsequent examination.
Category 4. Life and Physical Sciences
BIO 10004: Biology: The Strategy of Life
The basic properties of living systems with emphasis on human beings as functioning biological entities.
EAS 10400: Climate Change
A study of the issue of global warming.
CHEM 11000: Chemistry and Society
The fundamental principles of chemistry and their application to social issues.
II. Flexible Core
These courses are meant to provide students with a broad base of general knowledge upon which to base further study. Each category presents specific methods of analyzing and interpreting the world. One course must be taken in each category.
Category 1. Creative Expression
ART 10000: Introduction to the Visual Arts of the World
Concepts underlying content, formal structure and historical development of the visual arts; art as a global phenomenon from prehistory to the present; relationship of art to the natural world, the built environment, political and other human institutions, and the realm of spirituality.
MUS 10100: Introduction to Music
Concepts underlying the understanding and enjoyment of music. Examples from around the world highlight matters of form and content. Attendance at concerts, both on and off campus, as well as guided classroom listening aid in the development of perceptual and conceptual skills.
MUS 14500: Introduction to Jazz
An introduction to the important figures and diverse styles of jazz as well as social issues that affected the music's growth and popularity. Emphasis will be on listening to jazz and its unique characteristics including identifying various instruments and their roles in jazz ensembles. Attendance at concerts both on and off campus as well as guided classroom listening will aid in the development of listening and communication skills. Does not serve as a prerequisite for courses in the Music major.
THTR 13100: Introduction to Theatre Arts
This course examines the related creative arts of playwright, director, actor and designer; their collective contributions to the form of the play that ultimately evolves on stage. Discussion of the institutions in contemporary American theatre.
Category 2. World Culture and Global Issues (History)
ANTH 10100: General Anthropology
Humankind from its beginnings in Africa to the present. Course focuses on human biological and cultural evolution through prehistoric times, identification of cultural bias in attempts to understand the human past and present, and exploration of the fallacies of racial and cultural superiority. Topics include the development of social stratification, cultural definitions of reality, language and thought, alternative ways of generating cooperation and handling conflict, culture change and "modernization."
WCIV 10100: World Civilizations I: Prehistory to 1500 A.D.
An examination of the civilizations of Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas through a comparative study of selected places and themes. The dynamics of hunter/gatherer, pastoral and agrarian societies, urbanization, trade, imperialism, slavery, feudalism, the centralization of the state, religion and secular thought are among the topics discussed.
WCIV 10200: World Civilizations II: 1500 A.D. to the Present.
A study of the major forces that have shaped the modern world of Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. Selected themes include the interaction of the Western and non-Western world, the scientific revolution, capitalism, imperialism, industrialization, economic growth and stagnation, revolutions, counter-revolutions, modern political ideologies, the global crisis of the 20th century and emerging global interdependence.
ASIA 10100: Asian Cultures and Peoples
The major factors that have shaped the Asian countries and peoples; geography, civilization, migration, and settlements of ethnic groups; philosophies, religions, historical events, leaders, and modern political and socioeconomic institutions.
BLST 10200: African Heritage: Caribbean-Brazilian Experience
Analysis of historical conditions which shaped the lives of African peoples in the Caribbean and Brazil emphasizing cultural continuities, human organization and similarities in global Black experience among Africans on the continent and in the Western hemisphere, vis-a-vis European politico-economic control and cultural impact.
Category 3. World Cultures and Global Issues (Literary)
WHUM 10100: World Humanities I
An introduction to world literature and its relationship to the traditions and societies from which it springs. Study of major works from antiquity to the seventeenth century.
WHUM 10200: World Humanities II
An introduction to world literature and its relationship to the traditions and societies from which it springs. Study of major works from the seventeenth century to the twentieth century.
CLSS 32100: Classical Mythology in Film
Greek and Roman myths, their connections with religion, the ancient sources, and the survival and reinterpretation of classical myth in subsequent literature and film up to the present day.
WHUM 10312: Modern World Literature
In the past few decades, Anglophone literature has followed the pace of globalization itself, producing a spate of writers with roots in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean who are altering the map of literature in English. This course is designed to introduce you to the analysis of modern literature through works of writers of different national and ethnic backgrounds who write in English.
JWST 31602: The Bible and Its Stories
This course will consider some of the major figures of the Hebrew Bible with an eye for binaries. How are these figures both ordinary and extraordinary? How do they incorporate the sacred and the profane into their everyday lives? How are the women and men in these stories at once close to their god and impossibly far away? How might modern readers see themselves projected into these stories? Texts culled from Genesis, Exodus, Samuel, Jonah, Job, Esther, and Ruth. Secondary texts from contemporary essayists and fiction writers include Rebecca Goldstein, Norma Rosen, Cynthia Ozick, Gerald Shapiro.
SPAN 28100: Masterworks of Spanish Literature I
The evolution of Spanish literature from the Medieval period through the Golden Age. Critical analysis of representative works and writers.
SPAN 28300: Masterworks of Latin American Literature
Representative works and authors of Spanish American letters from the mid 20th century to the present. The texts are analyzed in light of the social, political, cultural and ideological contexts in which they were produced.
Category 4. Scientific World
EAS 10000: The Dynamic Earth
Basic concepts of geology. The materials, structures, and surface features of the earth, and the processes which have produced them.
EAS 10100: The Atmosphere
An introduction to the processes and phenomena of our atmosphere. Topics include clouds, sky color, greenhouse effect, storms, climates and Ice Ages.
EAS 10300: Environmental Geography
An introduction to the geological aspects of environmental issues and sustainability for non-science majors. Presents the basic concepts of geology, followed by discussion of selected environmental issues, such as mineral and energy production; water supplies and pollution; flooding and erosion; earthquake and volcanic hazards.
ASTR 30500: Methods in Astronomy
Designed to fulfill the 30000-level core science requirement, the course covers the fundamental physical laws that underlie the motions of heavenly bodies, including Newtonian mechanics and Einstein's theory of relativity, planetary, stellar and galactic evolution; the methods, techniques and instruments used by modern astronomy, including the Hubble Space Telescope and planetary space probes.
MED 10000: Intro to Drug Abuse and Addiction
This course looks at the use of psychoactive drugs, using this topic to explore human behavior: from the interactions between chemicals and neurons to the psychological and physiological effects on the individual to the impact on society, touching on topics relating to anthropology, biology, chemistry, history, pharmacology, political science and sociology.
Category 5. Individual and Society
ANTH 20100: Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Human universals and differences in family life, economics, politics and religion in societies around the world. Insights about American life and about how the world's peoples are interdependent. Emphasis on major controversies and issues about gender relations, economic development, inequality, violence and aggression, religion, healing and cultural identity.
ECO 10250: Principles of Microeconomics
This introductory course develops the basic tools and methods of microeconomic analysis. The choices of individual decision makers are analyzed in studying how markets operate. The fundamentals of supply and demand, consumer and firm behavior, and market interactions are examined. Applications to current micro-economic issues are discussed in the course, for example, the role of government in markets.
PSY 10200: Applications of Psychology in the Modern World
An introduction to the study of human development and learning, personality and motivation, sex differences, attitudes, aggressions, interpersonal attraction, behavior in groups and work settings, abnormal behavior and its treatment. Emphasis on the ways in which psychological theory and research can be applied to individual and social problems. May not be taken for credit by students who have already passed PSY 10101 or 10299.
SOC 10500: Individual, Group and Society: An Introduction to Sociology
The language of sociology, the sociological perspective, and basic areas of sociological inquiry. Topics include: culture, socialization, self and society, social stratification and social class, the family, religion, policy, community organization, collective behavior, mass culture, social order and social change.
Category 6. United States Experience and Its Diversity
PSC 10100: United States Politics and Government
An analysis of processes, values and problems of American government and democracy. Special emphasis is given to national political institutions and issues.
USSO 10100: Development of the U.S. and its People
Analysis of how a powerful nation-state evolved from a tiny offshoot of European colonial expansion. Elucidates major forces that have shaped the modern world: religion, land policies, technology, industrial capitalism, democracy, nationalism, socialism, racism, sexism, and imperialism.
III. City College Option: Additional Requirements
Foreign Language
For B.A Students—9 credits required, unless:
a) Four years of the same foreign language taken in high school,
b) A fourth semester level course of any foreign language taken at CCNY (22600-level),
c) Placement/competency examination taken at Foreign Language Department (NAC 5/223).
For B.F.A. Students—6 credits required, unless:
a) Two years of the same foreign language taken in High School,
b) Second semester level course of any foreign language taken at CCNY (12400-level),
c) Placement/competency examination taken at Foreign Language Department (NAC 5/223).
Heritage speakers of a foreign language will not be permitted to take basic language courses in that language, except for those courses specifically designed for heritage speakers. Heritage speakers fulfill this requirement by taking or placing out of courses 19300 and 19400 in the chosen language.
Information about the Language Placement Exam can be found on the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures website.
PHIL 10200: Introduction to Philosophy
An introduction to some of the central questions of philosophy, concerning our knowledge of the external world, causation, God, mind and body, freedom, justice, and moral judgment, via analysis of classical and contemporary philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Locke, Hume, Mill, Kant, Russell, Wittgenstein and Rawls.
PSC 12400: Political Ideas and Issues
The relevance of political theory in the examination and solution of current political controversies. The course will cover such themes as justice, legitimacy, civil liberties, civil disobedience, the nature of man, society and the state. Focus will be on great writings in political thought from all periods.
SPCH 11100: Foundations of Speech Communication
Speech is only a part of the College Option for BFA candidates.
Basic skills in extemporaneous speaking, oral reading, small group communication, interview techniques and listening. Each student will have at least one performance recorded in the TV/Media Center. Students who have completed Speech 00380 may not take this course.
Students may place out of this requirement by taking the Speech Proficiency Exam given by the Department of Theatre and Speech (CG 311, (212) 650-6666).
IV. Other Degree Requirements
a) Students must complete 120 credits (credits repeated are not counted towards the degree).
b) Students are required to complete a minimum of 84 credits at City College, or, if that is not possible, the
final 30 credits.
c) Sixty percent (60%) of major courses must be taken at City College.
d) Students must earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 to meet Humanities & Arts divisional requirements.
e) Students must also meet cumulative and overall GPA requirements as dictated by the major department.
f) A completed requirements checklist for each program (major, dual major, minor, etc.) in which the student
is enrolled must be submitted to the Humanities & Arts advising office in the final semester.


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On a personal note
Created in 1990, Welcome Service was one of the very first relocation agencies in the area. We have built our reputation and successful growth on a trademark combination of highly personalised service, dedication to client satisfaction and an uncompromising standard of ethics.
Much has changed since 1990. The Internet and social media have made many things easier, but with information overload, trust has become even more of an issue. We believe in human contact- and in giving our clients the assurance of strong, family values. We are a family company: built by Catherine Burrus and now run by children Laetitia Papilloud and Guillaume Bédat, who manage the close-knit 'family' of talented professionals making up the Welcome Service team.
With an unparalleled body of experience and local knowledge, Welcome Service has just one mission: to work closely with each client, ensuring smooth, stress-free installation and integration in French-speaking Switzerland. We're here to be of service.
Our values
Our philosophy
Each individual, each family, each business is unique.
Our aim
To ensure that your arrival and residence in French-speaking Switzerland is successful by providing you with complete assistance tailored precisely to your requirements.
Our strength
A combination of professionalism, discretion and in-depth knowledge of the region's resources. Our team shares a highly developed talent for attention to detail, along with flexibility, availability, perseverance – and total dedication to getting the job done.
Our difference
As a family-owned company operating for over 30 years in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, we have a unique place. Being completely independent, we are free to put the client's best interests first – always!
The Welcome Service network
Welcome Service is
- A founding member of SARA, the Swiss Association of Relocation Agents
- Member of EuRA, the European Association of Relocation Agents
- Member of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services
- Member of the Vaud Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services
- Member of the FBN, the Family Business Network
We are independent
This is not simply a case of no commission but also the fact that we are free to recommend the best person for the job (removals, maintenance, services, etc) on the basis of cost/benefit because we are beholden to no-one and have no affiliation above and beyond the industry network and a commitment to recommend like-minded service providers.
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HAVI's track record in cold chain logistics speaks for itself when it comes to consistently assuring 100% supply to our customers. Whether we are procuring goods on your behalf or managing your suppliers from around the world, we can buy, transport, store and deliver your chosen products while guaranteeing the very highest standards of quality and food safety.
When it comes to logistics services, our HAVI team works tirelessly with one aim in mind: to equip our customers to serve their customers, on time, every time. This customer focus has earned us the trust as a partner to some of the world's most respected global and local brands in the quick service restaurant, convenience and retail industries.
As such, we understand that being a trusted logistics service provider in food service distribution demands world-class sourcing know-how, cross-border trade knowledge, advanced supply/demand forecasting, state-of-the-art logistics centers and a specialized delivery fleet to help you keep your supply chain – and your business – moving forward.
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When it comes to handling food, we pride ourselves on protecting your brand by achieving the highest food safety standards.
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We add real value by combining optimized logistics warehousing and transportation with global efficiencies.
Our philosophy for over 40 years has been very simple: to Deliver The Promise. We believe that to earn your trust as a logistics services provider, we need to do what we said we would do so that your business is successful.
We serve some of the world's most respected brands. For decades, they have trusted us as active partners in their success.
We offer a trade function that gives us responsibility for ownership and admin functions, enabling customers to manage working capital more efficiently.
We combine technical expertise and creative thinking to innovate sophisticated supply/demand planning solutions that drive growth.
Our freight management experts and import/export specialists implement the most efficient, cost-effective inbound freight solutions worldwide.
Each one of our logistics centers around the world is custom-built to our exacting specifications, with dedicated temperature zones.
Incorporating advanced temperature control technology, our state-of-the-art vehicle fleet operates to stringent local and global operating standards.
HAVI prides itself on being at the forefront of innovation and excellence in procurement, warehousing, distribution, freight and transportation management. We are fully committed to creating partnerships with our customers that drive success. Our unique business model gives you strategic control of your products knowing that your logistics processes are fully managed to work smarter and better for your business.
"By partnering with HAVI, we will create a supply chain system that not only provides comprehensive tools for managing our daily transactions, but also transforms that data into information we can use for our Members. We will be able to streamline multiple processes, allowing us to focus on more strategic activities. It also allows us to deliver on the promise of supply chain visibility from farm to fork."Dustin Pittman Chief Financial Officer at Centralized Supply Chain Services, LLC. (Purchasing Co-op for Applebee's and IHOP)


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"It blew my head off!"—Paulo Ferreira, PhD, a Research Scientist with OSRAM/Sylvania after attending one of Ted's training sessions near Boston. A native Brazilian and Portuguese-speaker, Paulo probably meant to say "you blew my mind"—but we think his statement should stand.
You will find, like Paulo, by attending Ted's Flow training that it will "blow your head off" too.
Flow is an enterprise Agile model that helps individuals, teams and organizations:
• Create and sustain a culture of high-performance Flow
• Doubling productivity is a common outcome
• Seasoned Agile teams typically see a 30 to 50% increase in productivity with Flow
• Attendees will receive the Flow Certified Professional Certification
• Also, this class prepares you for the PMI-ACP designation or becoming certified as a ScrumMaster. This class will give you the path to successfully pass both exams and the sessions qualify for the 21 training hours (with a little self-study) required to sit for the PMI-ACP.
Get results similar to Jay Keller, FCP and CIO of Our Daily Bread Ministries in Grand Rapids, MI, who said; "Our team increased productivity over 300% in the first 90 days when we switched to operating in Flow."
Your instructor is CEO, trainer and Enterprise Agile Coach, Ted Kallman, FCT, PMP, PMICP, CSM, CSP, CSPO. A National #1 Best Selling author and internationally recognized trainer and speaker on Agile, Project and Program Management, Ted founded Agile West Michigan and is President Emeritus for the Western Michigan Chapter of PMI. He is a well known keynote-speaker and session-instructor, speaking to nearly half-a-million attendees during his career.
Anyone who wants to double or triple their own productivity. Anyone who wishes to understand the underlying principles and practices that cause any person, team or organization to move into a state of high-performance using Flow.
# of PDU'S:
Attendees will receive 15 PDUs for the two-day course. With 7 additional directed self-study hours the attendees will meet the 21-hour requirement for education hours needed to sit for the PMI-ACP exam. (Please Note: No Education hours are required to sit for the PSM I Scrum Master designation.)
December 10-11, 2018
Sessions run from 8:30 AM to 4:30PM each day.
Normally this training is $2,500 , but due to a ZF exclusive, attendees can secure this class for a one-time price of $1,250.
The FIRST 20 ATTENDEES have the option for four month exclusive
coaching with Ted. These tickets will go quickly.
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In this PnP Webcast, we covered how to build cascading asynchronous drop-downs for property pane of client-side web part. This is common scenario where lists have a dependency between each other and you filter the results based on the initial selection. Sample code is built with React and is available for you from the SharePoint Framework client-side web parts GitHub repository. Notice that this sample contains two samples – scenario demonstrated with this web cast and another slightly more complex scenario on how to build custom controls for property pane. Custom control option will be covered in separate upcoming PnP webcast.
Notice. When this webcast was released, SharePoint Framework was available as a Developer Preview release.
Presentation covers following topics:
- Use case clarification
- Building cascading drop-downs which are dependent on each other in the property pane
- Implementation fo asynchronious queries based on user actions
- Screenshots of the provide code sample
Web cast demo (5:00) shows following details
- Use case – How the sample web part built with React works in practice
- Implementation details from the code – How things are implemented
Webcast presenters: Waldek Mastykarz, Vesa Juvonen
Presentation used in this web cast is available from http://docs.com/OfficeDevPnP.
Video at YouTube.
Additional resources
See following resources around the SharePoint Framework.
- SharePoint Framework documentation
- React – A JavaScript Library for Building User Interfaces
- Sample SharePoint Framework web parts in GitHub
- Open and Connected Framework – The SharePoint Framework – YouTube
- PnP Webcast – Building multi-view React client-side web parts with SharePoint Framework
- PnP Webcast – Building real time news feed web part with SharePoint Framework
- PnP Webcast – Building multi-view Angular 1.x client-side web parts with SharePoint Framework
- PnP Webcast – Reuse your existing JavaScript libraries with SharePoint Framework
- PnP Webcast – Building a sample search web part with SharePoint Framework using React
- PnP Webcast – Azure AD implicit flow with SPFx client-side web part (developer preview)
- PnP Webcast – CRUD operations with SharePoint Framework client-side web parts
- PnP Webcast – Using Office Graph from SharePoint client-side web parts
- PnP Webcast – Referencing external JavaScript libraries from client-side web part
- PnP Webcast – Building Angular SharePoint Framework client-side web part
- PnP Webcast – Building simple SharePoint Framework Client Web Part
- PnP Webcast – Integrating Angular v1.x to SharePoint Framework client side web part
- PnP Webcast – Getting started with web stack in SharePoint Development
- PnP Webcast – Getting started with SharePoint Framework
- PnP Webcast – Preparing for SharePoint Framework – What should I learn?
- PnP Webcast – Converting existing JavaScript apps to SharePoint Framework
- PnP JavaScript Core component
What is SharePoint / Office DevPatterns & Practices (PnP) web cast series?
SharePoint / Office Dev Patterns & Practices (PnP) webcast series covers different patterns, practices and topics around development with Office 365 and SharePoint. Majority of the topics are valid for the Office 365 and SharePoint on-premises. Our objective is to release new around 30 minute long web cast each Monday with few slides and a live demo on the covered topic. All web casts are published at the PnP YouTube channel with additional references on the existing materials.
PnP is community driven open source project where Microsoft and external community members are sharing their learning's around implementation practices for Office 365 and SharePoint on-premises (add-in model). Active development and contributions happen in our GitHub repositories under dev branch and each month there will be a master merge (monthly release) with more comprehensive testing and communications. Latest activities and future plans are covered in our monthly community calls which are open for anyone from the community. Download invite from http://aka.ms/SPPnP-Call.
This is work done by the community for the community without any actual full time people. It's been great to find both internal and external people who are willing to assist and share their learning's for the benefit of others. This way we can build on the common knowledge of us all. Currently program is facilitated by Microsoft, but already at this point we have multiple community members as part of the Core team and we are looking to extend the Core team with more community members.
If you have any questions, comments or feedback around PnP program or this blog post, please use the Microsoft Tech Community (SharePoint Developer group).
"Sharing is caring"
Vesa Juvonen, Senior Program Manager, SharePoint, Microsoft – 19th of December 2016


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Speech therapy is the most common special education service provided in the school system. In fact, 10 percent of all school age children receive speech therapy. Since so many children need speech therapy, most therapists in the school system see children in groups as large as five to accommodate all the children in need of services. However, many children with severe impairments do better with one-on-one therapy, where they get more attention and have fewer distractions.
Families with a speech-disordered child often face a financial burden due to the high cost of speech therapy and other needed treatments. In fact, a survey published in Public Health Reports found that 40 percent of American families with children with special needs report feeling the strain of the financial toll that those healthcare needs cause. The survey further reported that children with disabilities are more likely to grow up in single-parent households, and that those parents often hold lower-paying jobs.
Speech therapy actually targets many different goals. Our clients come to us, needing to work on speech sounds, language skills, stuttering, social skills, feeding, and swallowing disorders. At the CLC, we provide our children with weekly individual sessions and monthly group outings to give them the best of both approaches.
Our Mission
The Childhood Language Center is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to help children communicate and succeed by providing high quality therapy services that involve the family.
Our Values
- All children can lead productive lives regardless of the challenges they face.
- Children deserve the highest quality of care possible, in an efficient and effective manner, regardless of ability to pay.
- All people should be treated equally, with respect and with full access to our services.
- The entire family must be involved in the therapeutic process in a safe, comfortable environment.
- Our donors' generosity should be recognized and their gifts must be used for the intended purposes.
History & Purpose
The Childhood Language Center was founded by the Scottish Rite Masons in 1990. Scottish Rite Masons began founding free speech therapy clinics in the 1950s in Colorado, and RiteCare clinics now can be found nationwide.
The Childhood Language Center is an independent, 501(c)3 nonprofit. The CLC is the only free speech and language therapy clinic in the Charleston area. No family has ever received a bill for service.
The CLC currently provides therapy to more than 92 children. Our children come from Boone, Clay, Jackson, Kanahwa, Mason, Mingo, Putnam, Raleigh, and Roane counties.
The Center's therapists are trained to work with children who have speech and language delays, hearing impairments, Down Syndrome, autism, apraxia, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury and cleft lip or palate. Each child receives one-on-one therapy with a skilled therapist on a weekly basis, in addition to regular group therapy outings that integrate the family.
Thanks to the generosity of sponsors and donors, the families at the CLC do not have to make the tough decision of whether or not their family can afford the services their child needs to be successful.


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The Pacers hosted the Cleveland Cavaliers for Game 3 of their first-round series Thursday night and the energy inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse was electric.
Everyone rose to their feet early in the second quarter as Pacers center Myles Turner rebounded his own miss and then threw it in with one hand on Cavaliers' Tristan Thompson.
"MYLES TURNER FROM THE RAFTERS!" 😳🔨 pic.twitter.com/yyGSUNrvQV
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) April 20, 2017
How about the reaction of David Turner, Myles' father.
Myles Turner's dad loved that dunk too pic.twitter.com/0gejyGOfyj
— The Cauldron (@TheCauldron) April 20, 2017
Myles Turner!! pic.twitter.com/SsbOGsLLkD
— Steve Noah (@Steve_OS) April 20, 2017