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By Jeff Barrett, CEO at Status Creative
In short:
- Earlier this month, marketing pro Dave Kerpen made headlines with a campaign in which his healthcare company offered free therapy to New York Mets fans after a major loss.
- With a budget of just $375, Kerpen engineered a story and rollout plan that garnered an estimated 118 million media views.
- While partly due to his proprietary media contacts, Kerpen's success is largely replicable. It's a blend of strategic brainstorming, story-crafting, timing and distribution.
Dave Kerpen is giving away free therapy to Mets fans. But I'll get to that later.
I've had the pleasure of knowing Kerpen for years. Three things have always been true: He always makes himself available when you ask, he is brilliant at getting your attention with promotions, and he's a die-hard Mets fan. (Again, keep that Mets part in mind.)
When Kerpen became the CEO of UMA Health, I knew it was only a matter of time before he made national news with a promotion. I mean, this is the same guy who got brands to sponsor his wedding. (That campaign allowed him and his wife Carrie to start their agency, Likeable Media.)
The pitch
Kerpen's promotion for UMA Health needed to highlight the brand's trademark trait: accessibility. On the UMA Health site, users can search for mental health professionals in their neighborhood, book appointments online, and pay as they go.
Kerpen wanted to play into that.
"I really wanted to give people who wouldn't have tried therapy a reason to experience the benefits of therapy," he told Grow Wire. "[UMA Health is] working to change the narrative around mental health … People are always applauded for going to the gym to work on their bodies and meet with their physical trainers, but when they say they're going to a therapist, people say, 'What's the matter?' Mental fitness is just as important as physical fitness, and everyone can benefit from talk therapy."
The budget
Entrepreneurs don't always have large budgets, and Kerpen likes that challenge. The budget for this UMA Health campaign was $375.
And with it, Kerpen got 118 million media views.
His campaign was a simple story: UMA Health would offer free therapy sessions to Mets fans who filled out a form asking about their most difficult moments as fans. The story was picked up digitally on ESPN, Yahoo and Sports Illustrated. New York papers wrote features.
Sites like ESPN picked up Kerpen's story. (credit: espn.com)
Part of this success came from Kerpen's proprietary "special sauce" of media contacts and relationships. But part of it can be replicated.
The storyboard
To come up with his campaign, Kerpen started by throwing every bad, good or insane idea at the wall and taking input from everyone, as he described in a recent Inc article. (Side note: If you have good media contacts, then start by thinking about what motivates them the most. I use this tactic, and you should make it a priority with your business. Always have a go-to source to release your message.)
Next, Kerpen always asks if a campaign story is sharable. In digital media, real traction is all about how often something is shared. Kerpen knew Mets fans are a proud and vocal niche. If you're a Mets fan, and your friend is a Mets fan, and the Mets just lost and you're both sad about it, then you can bet you'll share this story about free Mets therapy on your friend's Facebook wall. Plus, it's an offer for free stuff. People love to spread the news about free stuff.
Sports Illustrated covered Kerpen's story, then shared the article on Facebook.
Major media (ESPN, Sports Illustrated) is always looking to pick up a story when it's gaining traction. And yes, you can somewhat force that pickup with good media contacts. However, there's no contact nor tool that can help a bad story gain traction.
So always look for an emotion behind the story, something that will trigger a response and compel someone to share--because the story is funny, heartwarming, shocking or affirms a certain viewpoint they have.
The timing
Timing is everything, so be flexible with it. There is nothing wrong with having a campaign ready to go but waiting to release it. If Kerpen had released his "free Mets therapy" story on a pre-planned date, the Mets may have won their game that day, and the story wouldn't have gotten nearly as much traction.
Instead, Kerpen waited until "the Mets had a particularly embarrassing or noteworthy-in-a-bad-way event happen," he wrote on Inc.
He launched his campaign the day after the Mets lost 25-4. It was their worst loss in franchise history. That's perfect timing.
While the news cycle focused on how badly the Mets were doing this season—granted, it's a season they started 11-1—Kerpen's offer was right there for the media to add to the story.
Yahoo Sports called out the Mets's recent loss in its coverage of Kerpen's story. (credit: sports.yahoo.com)
The distribution
After the story's intial release, Kerpen used social media and a little bit of paid Facebook advertising to extend its lifecycle.
(Second side note: I'm a big advocate for starting with organic media and then boosting with paid, not the other way around. A large paid promotion upfront doesn't ensure success. Test a few campaign stories organically, and when something works, like Kerpen's free therapy, strike with paid. There's less risk and more reward that way.)
Of course, no marketing method is perfect. A lot of it is trial and error. But creating good media relationships and having a sense for timing will give you much more room for error. While Kerpen's Mets campaign followed those rules, it also dealt with the hot topic of mental health in a fun and engaging way. His is an example to follow.
The only downside? I'm still waiting on free therapy for Tigers fans.
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The hacktivist group Anonymous have claimed a number of ISIS social media scalps and have listed them on a website post.
Anonymous said they've taken down both Twitter and Facebook accounts and have vowed their #OpISIS will continue.
"We will hunt you, take down your sites, accounts, emails, and expose you. From now on, no safe place for you online. You will be treated like a virus, and we are the cure," says part of the message that you can see in full above.
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We've mused a few times on Twitter that it'd be great to have an app that brings together the best of Australian political journalism in one spot.
I dubbed this fictitious iThing the No Crap App in recognition of Julia Gillard's exhortation that it can't be that hard for journalists to "just not write crap".
Of course such an application will never become reality; the journalists in question are scattered across media organisations and some are hidden behind paywalls.
Nevertheless, this blog attempts to provide you with the closest thing: a place where the best of Australian political journalism is gathered in one spot.
And in recognition of the fact that quality political writing and analysis is not limited to mainstream media organisations, I include the best posts from the blogosphere as well.
Needless to say, excellence is a subjective concept, but I'll do my best to be objective.


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We clung to each other in the dryer. Spinning socks became whirling dervishes in a passionate dance.
Unceremoniously thrown onto the hard surface. I was the only one left. Widowed now, and no one else can be my mate.
You're gone.
I've resorted to cuddling up to a lint ball.
Making people laugh, especially while they're swallowing big spoonfuls of soup, is one of Diane Malk's goals. She is a writer from Colorado who shudders at the sight of snow every winter and is certain she lived in the tropics in a previous life. Diane has been published in Mad Swirl, Hackwriters, and Scarlet Leaf Review. She is working on her first book and always has a craft project in the works.


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The US stock market appears to be on a path to new highs, my investment accounts are showing a similar trajectory and summer is in full swing. Welcome to the July edition of The Smart Fi Wrap Up.
In just a couple of weeks the current US bull market will reach a major milestone and become the longest bull market in the history of the US stock market. For most of this ten-year bull run, my wife and I have silently been building wealth.
In the beginning years of the bull market, I was diligently putting my hard-earned dollars to work in my employer 403b. Now, as my snowball of wealth accumulation grows, my market returns often outpace my contributions.
Incidentally this month, my wife and I celebrate our 14 year wedding anniversary. Most of our marriage has been during the 10 year bull market. Sure, we have invested through a couple of market downturns but instead of being paralyzed by fear, we used those moments as buying opportunities.
We didn't know what we were financially fighting for when we started our journey together 14 years ago, but we now know, it is called financial independence. The ability to live life on our terms and not beholden to a paycheck or debt.
I wish I had started this blog all those years ago to journal our journey, but truthfully I didn't even know what a blog or financial independence was 14 years ago.
To be sure, the next ten years will be just as eventful as the last. So lets keep the streak going and follow along as we build wealth through the next 10 years.
July Drill Down
The Smart Fi Traffic
Thesmartfi.com had 889 page views in July. I went from a record number of page views in June to a record low number of page views in July. I believe I had a small role in that low number of page views. I posted far more content in June, than I did in July. I was hosting the June Weight Loss Challenge and I was posting weekly updates to that challenge.
July on the other hand, has been busy with family camping trips and spending time outdoors in the great Pacific Northwest. I suspect August may also be a slow blog month but I plan to hit the keyboard hard in September and create some more content to keep everyone motivated and inspired. That is my wish at least.
I have anticipated that traffic will fluctuate up and down throughout the year. I plan to continue writing blog posts that I think will help solve financial problems for readers.
Twitter And Instagram
- Current Twitter followers 1400. Follow me on twitter here.
- You can also follow me on Instagram here.
Income Report
I had $7.02 from Google Adsense in July. This single digit income is more in line with what I normally earn from Adsense. Last month I had a miraculous $33 in income. Keep in mind Google will not cut me a check until I cross the Benjamin threshold.
I'm currently in the neighborhood of $50 and hope to reach the $100 threshold by the end of the year. My one income goal for this blog in 2018 was to earn enough to cover the cost of keeping the website operating into 2019.
Run every day in July.
Running every day in July really pushed me to my limit. Some days I didn't run far but it was enough to test my mental will power on my 12 hour work days. I discussed all the details in this post, What Running Every Day in July Taught Me About Myself And My Finances.
5 million step challenge
It came as no surprise to me, that running every day in July led to even more steps in July than in June. I finished July with a grand total of 529,476 steps.
Invest $1000 into taxable brokerage
This was a new goal I created to push myself to keep saving after I maxed out my 403b in June. I knew the natural tendency with increased cash flow would be to inflate my lifestyle. I figured the after tax dollars that would be ending up in my paycheck in leu of being diverted to my 403b would be about $1000 in July. Thus the $1000 savings goal in July.
I was able to hit the $1000 goal to the penny. The money was invested through my Vanguard Brokerage account into the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index ETF (VTI). I am planting seeds that will turn into might oak trees.
2018 Financial Goals Reviewed
January first, I laid out my lofty financial goals for 2018. Here they are:
- Max out both Mrs. Smartfi's and my 401 k's = $37,000*
- Max out both Mrs. Smartfi's and my Roth IRA = $11,000
- Max out family HSA = $6900**
- Contribute $10,000 to taxable brokerage account at Vanguard for my hybrid mortgage payoff plan.
- Add $300 dollars per month to the mortgage payment. This gets me to $20,000 of mortgage principle pay down per year. Current mortgage balance $227,500.
* 401k and 403b contribution limit increased $500 for 2018 to $18,500 in 2018.
** HSA limit increased $150 for 2018 to $6900 for a family for 2018.
Let's add this up
37,000 + 11,000 + 6,850 + 10,000 + 3,600 = $68,450 savings/investments in 2018
In July this is where I allocated our family's capital:
- $1,407.25 to 403b's
- $846.12 to Roth IRA's
- $440 to HSA
- $1000 to Vanguard taxable account
- $1,854.69 paid towards mortgage principal
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Woo hoo! I have completed the first of five of the 2018 financial goals. I have contributed $10,000 to my taxable Vangaurd Brokerage Account. Stand them up and knock them down.
I am within striking distance of hitting the $20,000 towards mortgage prinicpal goal. The other three goals are set to dollar cost average over 12 months and will be completed toward the end of the year.
Wrap Up
In the Summer months of June, July, August and September there is no place I would rather be than in the Pacific Northwest. I cherish the warmth of the summer days, the cool evenings and the short respite from the Washington rainy season. I may have too many hobbies, most of them during the summer months. Camping, hiking, fishing to name a few. This leaves very little free time for blogging.
Summer 2018 has been my first summer as a blogger and I have to say it is a struggle to keep up with a regular posting schedule. I have so many great content ideas that I hope will inspire and motivate with so very little time to turn those ideas into something you can read. I hoping to turn things around in September when my children's school schedule resumes.
Use the next month of summer to get outside. Go for a hike. Go explore some new local place within driving distance. When the cooler fall weather returns, we can push on to financial independence.


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TGER engages its diverse membership to learn from and share field-based experience, build capacity and networks, distill best practices and tools, and integrate rights-based approaches to conservation in the policies and programs of IUCN and other organizations. TGER has been a core theme of CEESP since 2004, and builds on previous work of the CEESP Collaborative Management Working Group. TGER has played a key role in building recognition of indigenous and community conserved areas and diverse protected area governance types, and serves as host within CEESP for the IUCN Natural Resources Governance Framework (NRGF).
Main areas of work
TGER contributes to the achievement of the CEESP mandate and program, working in close collaboration with other CEESP Themes and groups. Main current and recent areas of work include:
Natural Resource Governance Framework: TGER is playing a lead role in the development of the Natural Resource Governance Framework (NRGF). The NRGF was created for the purpose of providing a robust, inclusive, and credible approach to assessing and strengthening natural resource governance, at multiple levels and in diverse contexts. Key areas of work in the first phase of NRGF (2013-2016) included regional scoping activities, initial design of an overarching framework of governance principles and assessment guidance, a survey of governance-related work by IUCN programs and Commissions, and support for regional and global meetings to promote exchange and increased collaboration and coherence across IUCN on rights-based approaches to natural resource governance. NRGF work in the current phase (2017-2020) is focusing on completion of the overarching Framework, integration of Framework principles across IUCN programs and approaches, promotion of the NRGF as a wider standard for the conservation community, and support for the implementation of governance assessments.
Indigenous and Community Land Rights and Conservation: Land rights and conservation is a priority issue for TGER, with a particular focus on challenges and opportunities to advance land rights and conservation reforms in key national contexts. In 2016, a group of TGER members and partners organized a workshop at the World Conservation Congress on this topic. The well-attended workshop – one of four CEESP priority workshops at the WCC – featured presentations on Indonesia (by The Samdhana Institute), Colombia (Moore Foundation), and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Rainforest Foundation UK), as well as remarks and reflections from Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, drawing on her recent report on Conservation and Indigenous Peoples' Rights. Following the workshop, TGER supported the production of a series of Issue Briefs based on the presentations (see Publications, below), which have been used to raise visibility and advance national actions on conservation and land rights. TGER also collaborated with the CEESP Theme on Environmental Conflict and Security (TECS) and the IUCN Drylands Initiative to prepare a 2016 Technical Guide on the Governance of Pastoral Lands (TG Pastoralism), to support implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure (VGGTs) in pastoral lands.
Human Rights and Conservation: TGER promotes and supports the work of IUCN and TGER members to advance rights-based approaches to conservation. Areas of particular interest include the development of human rights-based standards and policies for the conservation sector, and on mechanisms to resolve conflicts between protected areas and local people and increasing country-level collaboration to secure indigenous and community rights as they relate to conservation.
In 2015, TGER supported work by the Indian Law Resource Center to prepare a guide on conservation and Indigenous Peoples in Mesoamerica.
The following are recent publications produced or supported by TGER:
- Natural Resource Governance Framework – for a full list of NRGF publications, please visit the NRGF page
- Issue briefs series on Indigenous and Community Land Rights and Conservation:
- Land Rights, Conservation, and Peace in the Colombian Amazon
- Land Rights and Nature Conservation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (English - for French, see here)
- Communal Lands and Protected Areas in Peru (English - for Spanish, see here)
- Conservation and Indigenous Peoples in Mesoamerica: A Guide - Indian Law Resource Center, IUCN and CEESP (2015) - This guide is intended to educate conservation actors, including government agencies and non-governmental organizations, about the legal rights of indigenous peoples and how to work with them as collective rights-holders and equal partners to protect the environment.
- FAO 2016. Improving governance of pastoral lands. Governance of Tenure Technical Guide 6.
TGER members are active in research, analysis and publishing on issues related to the work of the Theme. The list below provides a small sample of recent work by TGER members:
- Protected Areas and the Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities - Rights and Resources Initiative (2015). http://www.rightsandresources.org/wp-content/uploads/RRIReport_Protected-Areas-and-Land-Rights_web.pdf - This study explores how protected areas relate to customary indigenous and community land and resource rights in 21 high-biodiversity countries. It assesses the extent to which rights are taken into account in national legal frameworks for protected areas as well as the range of community tenure situations within and outside protected areas. It further recommends actions to address conflicts and significantly increase support for securing land rights as a conservation priority.
Human Rights Standards for Conservation report series (Natural Justice & IIED) http://www.iied.org/human-rights-standards-for-conservation-rights-responsibilities-redress - this series of papers are part of an ongoing initiative to develop human rights standards for conservation initiatives. They aim to serve as a foundation for clear guidance about the human rights obligations of conservation actors, and specific details of the rights and forms of redress available.
Why someone should become a member of TGER
TGER members are individuals with concerns and expertise regarding governance of natural resources, equity, and human rights who agree to engage and collaborate with others towards better understanding and action on these subjects. The TGER membership is comprised of more than 250 members from over 50 countries.
While recognition of the centrality of good governance, rights-based approaches to conservation, and social equity has increased, much work remains to be done to ensure their integration in conservation policies and practices at multiple levels. TGER will continue to serve as a dynamic space for this work, drawing on the interests and capacities of its diverse membership, enhancing capacity, and contributing to the implementation of the IUCN Programme.


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Vision & Mission
Our philosophy is to produce children who are well on their way to achieving success both in this life and the hereafter. We aim to instill in students values, morals & tools that will cultivate in them traits of excellence which will help them achieve distinction in their careers in this world yet help them retain their obedience to their Creator.
We shall implement our philosophy by showing students how to follow the teachings of the Quran and the traditions of the Prophet (peace and blessing be upon him). As Allah says in Surah Al Baqarah, verse two: "This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allah". [4] It is a powerful reminder just as Allah took a covenant from mankind from the beginning of mankind, for us to follow Him and His messengers[5].
To fulfill this covenant we will employ the methods in which the Final Prophet (peace be on him) raised his nation from darkness to light through knowledge of the Qur'an, as Allah says in Surah Al Ahzab, verse twenty one, "Indeed in the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him) you have a good example to follow for him who hopes in (the Meeting with) Allah and the Last Day and remembers Allah much"[6] . We shall then look at the teachings of those who spread the Prophet's teachings over the following 1400 years. These include the Companions of the Prophet (salaf saliheen – may Allah be pleased with them), the next generation that followed them, & the contemporary medieval Islamic scholars who have written on pedagogical methods in order to shed light on the best way to practice and share this knowledge, approach and experience with the Muslim civilization; as Allah promised to preserve His Book and says in Surah Al Hijr verse nine, "Indeed, it is We who sent down the Qur'an and indeed, We will be its guardian"[7]. The teachings of Islam incorporated with the teachings of the world will promote positive personal qualities in the students, developing them not only at an exterior level but also nurturing their souls. With these three main components, which are the Quran, Sunnah and the practices of the Salaf As Saliheen, we return to the Prophet Muhammad's traditional teachings where we aim to connect knowledge to our ultimate purpose of life, final return, and the Hereafter.
[1] (Include obligatory topics to be taught, such as the precise matriculation (Tajweed) and memorization of the Quran; the duties of worship; knowledge of reading and writing; and good manners, since these are obligations towards God. Gunther pg 370 – Ibn Shahnun – and that the first, Priority is to be given to memorize the Quran, reading, writing and the basic principles of faith (Gunther pg 379 Ibn Sina)
[2] See Freda Sharma's paper on The Curriculum Challenge for Islamic Schools in America
[3] "good language skills are a basic prerequisite for intellectual improvement" – Ibn Sina
[4] The study of the Quranic scriptures in general is a great source for teaching children ethics, exemplary traditions, morals and good behavior. (Gunther Ibn Sina pg. 379)
[5] Quran 5:12
[6] Quran: 33:21
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Turns out the model can rock a red carpet as fiercely as a catwalk.
Anja Rubik may not be a household name, but the Polish model has been a force in the industry for more than a decade, lending her svelte figure and high cheekbones to design houses such as Valentino, Gucci and Chanel—just to name a few. And it turns out, the 31-year-old beauty can rock a red carpet as fiercely as a catwalk.
Of course she can make a gown look flawless, but we're most charmed by her '70s flair in the form of ascot bows, slick suits and airy maxi dresses. She's like a modern day Jane Birkin with a Saint Laurent edge. In fact, she recently took over 25 magazine with that era as inspiration.
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Discovery Bash 2018 Tickets - On Sale Now!
About Discovery Bash
The funds raised at Discovery Bash supports the exceptional academic programs at Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy (Discovery). Generous support from individuals like you helps Discovery thrive. Originally, an idea held by a small group of Jefferson Parish residents to reform public education has since grown into a successful and high demand charter school serving 1,215 students – tuition free – from Jefferson Parish. For three years in a row, Discovery has achieved an A rating from the Louisiana Department of Education ranking Discovery one of the top schools in Jefferson Parish.
Discovery has BIG plans for the future as we begin the construction of a Pre-K-12th grade campus slated to open in the fall of 2019. Over the course of 5 years, we have occupied four different facilities to accommodate our growing school. Once construction is complete, we will finally have a permanent home for our students to learn and grow.
This signature event attracts community leaders, corporations, professionals in the medical community, Discovery teachers and parents. Together, they have helped raise nearly a quarter million dollars since the inaugural event in 2015. Last year alone, more than $85,000 was raised through the generosity of event attendees.
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While women are learning more and more about cervical cancer and its prevention, another "silent killer" remains relatively mysterious among doctors and patients alike. Ovarian cancer is only the seventh most common cancer among women, but it causes more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductiveRead more
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Guest Blogger #855, Entry #2045, January 25, 2012
If you're someone who has been doing some research on how to give your home a "green upgrade", you've probably read about how important it is to install a programmable thermostat, to get a low flow showerhead and to add some double-pane windows. All of these things can help to reduce the amount of energy that you use on a daily basis. Yet, when it comes to décor, you may not have taken out the time to consider the fact that you can also be eco-friendly with your interior designs, including your flooring.
As it relates to making "green décor" decisions, it's about finding materials that are used responsibly and as it relates to your floor, there are many different kinds of options to choose from.
Image via: Panache Interiors
We will share five of them with you below:
Cork floors.
One kind of flooring that is beautiful, unique and yes, eco-friendly is cork flooring. Not only is it sustainable, durable and well-insulated, but it's also reasonably priced. Some other real perks is that it's lightweight and fire and water resistant. The main thing to be cautious of with a cork floor is that it's not really a good support for very heavy objects. This means that if you want to use it under some cherry wood furniture (for instance), there's a good chance that it could get damaged.
Another visually attractive option is bamboo. It also has a bit of a distinctive look, plus it's strong. Being that bamboo does resemble the appearance of hardwood, it's becoming a favorite of those who like wooden floors because unlike (certain kinds of) wood, it's a highly renewable resource that is much cheaper to buy. Before going with this option, the main thing that you should do some research on is if it is sustainable enough for your particular liking.
Wool carpet.
If you like carpet, there is an eco-friendly kind that we recommend you looking into. Wool carpet is highly durable and is top-notch as it relates to quality. The main things to keep in mind is that it's really expensive to install, plus if you have a home with kids or pets, you might want to take into (serious) consideration that wool carpet is known for trapping in moisture.
A kind of flooring that has been around for years is linoleum. The reason why it tops the list of many eco-friendly enthusiasts is because it's made from materials such as wood flour, tree resins and cork dust. The perks that come with this kind of flooring are many including the fact that it's water resistant, biodegradable, long lasting and really affordable. The only real "con" with linoleum is that there are very limited options to choose from.
Image via: Kristin Petro
Reclaimed wood.
If you simply love the look of hardwood floors, consider using some reclaimed wood. It's strong and comes in many different styles, plus is really sustainable. If you've looked online for some eco-friendly wood flooring, then you might have happened upon a company in Australia known as Bamboozle Wood Flooring. Websites that feature this option reveal that reclaimed wood is just as beautiful as traditional hardwood flooring. Sure, it may be a bit on the pricey side, but when it comes to aesthetics and increasing the property value of your home, it's certainly worth it.
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Guitarist Chris Caffery (SAVATAGE, TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA) will perform with SANDALINAS the Spanish/Swedish band featuring Mat Saint (bass; DREAMLAND), Alvaro Svaner (drums; LOCH VOSTOK), Jordi Sandalinas (guitar) and Rick Altzi (vocals; AT VANCE) for two shows in Spain in June. Headlining both gigs will be TESTAMENT.
The details are as follows:
Jun. 24 - Heineken, Madrid, SPA
Jun. 25 - Apolo, Barcelona, SPA
"Never Seen Before", the new video from SANDALINAS can be viewed below. The clip was shot at the Fortress of Varberg in Varberg, Sweden and features both indoor and outdoor footage.
According to Wikipedia, the Fortress of Varberg was built during 1287-1300 by count Jacob Nielsen as protection against his Danish King, who had declared him an outlaw after the murder of King Eric V of Denmark.
"Never Seen Before" comes off SANDALINAS' latest album, "Fly to the Sun", which was released in January via Metal Heaven. The CD features guest appearances by Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER) on keyboards, Chris Caffery on guitar and Andy La Rocque (KING DIAMOND) on guitar.
"Fly to the Sun" was recorded and produced by Andy La Rocque at his Los Angered Recording (now Sonic Train) in Sweden.
For more information, visit www.myspace.com/sandalinas.


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The Tournament is full this year with 20 teams attending, hopefully we might place somewhere in the middle but with us both taking reluctant trained troops for the most part and having the ability to bleed points left right and center I think its more appropriate to suggest we will be in the bottom third perhaps, but we shall see, anyway this years list is more centered around taking the fun stuff we never use that often - hence the rubbish SturmTigers as an option !!
Andrews Force is the 286th Sicherungs Infantry Company
HQ CO & 2IC SMG teams (RT)
Combat Sicherungs Platoon - 7 x Rifle teams (RT)
Combat Sicherungs Platoon - 7 x Rifle teams (RT)
Combat Sicherungs Platoon - 7 x Rifle teams (RT)
Weapons Sicherungs Anti-tank Platoon with 3 x 3.7cm Pak36 guns (RT)
Weapons Armoured Car Patrol with 1 x BA 10M (RT)
Support Captured Tank Platoon with 3 x T34 obr 1942 tanks (RT)
Support Veteran Tank-Hunter Platoon with 3 x 7.5cm Pak40 auf RSO (CV)
Support Captured Armoured Train (CV)
Locomotive with 2 x Heavy Artillery cars with 2 x Tank Hunter cars
Support Luftwaffe Heavy Anti-Aircraft Platoon with 1 x 8.8cm Flak 36 gun (RT)
9 Platoons in total for a total price of 900points
Andrews Half of the Army
My Force is the 277 Volksgrenadier Infantry Company
HQ CO & 2IC Panzerfaust Assualt Rifle teams (RT)
Combat Volksgrenadier Sturm Platoon with 5 x Panzerfaust Assualt Rifle teams (RT)
Combat Volksgrenadier Schutzen Platoon with 5 x R/MG Panzerfaust teams (RT)
Support Volks Tank Hunter Platoon with 4 x StuG G tanks (RT)
Support Heavy Assault Howitzer Platoon with 2 x SturmTiger (CT)
Support Volks Anti-aircraft Gun Platoon with 3 x 3.7cm Flak43 guns (RT)
Support Volks Light Artillery Battery with 6 x 10.5cm leFH 18 guns (RT)
Now you are probably wondering why so many platoons - easy answer is that the Sicherungs have a special rule where upon the Sicherungs Platoons may only be placed in Reserve if no other types of platoon are available to fill the required number of platoons to be held in Reserve, so for example with reserves missions we would have 7 platoons on the table of which 3 of them must be the Sicherung Rifle platoons - so to get a decent defense happening, having lots of platoons is a must ! and don't forget we can always Kampgruppe up to 16 platoons and have 8 in reserve and 8 on table - got to love that ! and we always prefer to run large army's as its far more forgiving for our style of play.
We should have enough AT there I hope with the form of Stugs, Pak40 RSO's, Panzerfaust infantry - we also have the Artillery battery with a 6 gun 10.5 battery and then the 8 gun 10.5 battery from the train as well, and if that's not enough we crush them with a 376kg round from the Sturm Tigers ..... haha
Looking forward to the event.


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According to the recent national survey of people's experiences of being involved in National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)*, one in five patients, carers and members of the public told us they had been a 'co-applicant' in research. An equivalent number described themselves as being a 'member of a research team.' As a member of... Continue Reading →
New @HRA_Latest @OfficialNIHR data on UK public attitudes to health research highlights need to work with under-represented groups to break down barriers #diversity
White, middle-class and well-connected - and that's just the patients: is this the health research culture we wish to see in the UK? Ever since it was established in 2011, the Health Research Authority (HRA) - the UK regulator of health research whose mission is 'to protect and promote the public interest' - has commissioned... Continue Reading →
The post-Brexit liberalisation of #clinicaltrials could be the way to a bolder ambition for the UK
There is much post-Brexit talk of using our new-found political independence to liberalise clinical trials in the U.K. We can cut ourselves free of all that terrible EU red-tape that has weighed us down. Or so the argument goes. We can be quicker and more efficient than other countries. We will be more attractive to... Continue Reading →
EU issues draft guidelines on providing clinical trial results so you and I can understand them #clinicaltrials
You probably don't need to hear another thing about the EU, do you? (By the way what a terrible EU referendum campaign it is - have you ever heard such hyperb******s from our politicians?) But this really is a good thing. Following the passage of the new EU Clinical Trials Regulation, the European Commission has started... Continue Reading →
Blog: Consent, consent, consent…….new public dialogue report from @HRA_Latest
Today's rare foray onto the UK political scene by Tony Blair reminded me of a simpler time when politicians just used to repeat the same word three times for added emphasis. Or was it the daleks who used to do that? Funny how nightmares and the stuff of dreams can sometimes get confused in this way. Should either... Continue Reading →
Consent for medical research comes under scrutiny yet again: time for ethics committees to stop second-guessing the public?
This is a really interesting study published in PLOS ONE today. Eessentially it's a survey of the attitudes of 2300 participants in TwinsUK (a national biobank) to giving their consent to medical research. The full paper can be found here. The results of the survey would seem to highlight what has been a growing theme in the... Continue Reading →
Government pushes forward with review to speed up availability of innovative medicines and treatments
Two posts in one day! Ah, those were the days when we got two Post Office deliveries a day.... Just to say the Government has published the full terms of reference for its Innovative Medicines and MedTech Review to be headed up by Sir Hugh Taylor who is currently Chair of Guy's and St Thomas's. Yes, that's... Continue Reading →
Who are the good, the bad and the ugly at involving the public in medical research? New comparative figures for Government, charities and industry
What should we make of the latest figures from INVOLVE and the Health Research Authority (HRA) showing which funders are best at public involvement in research? In a re-run of an joint-exercise first done in 2010, INVOLVE and the HRA looked at the public involvement component of over 1100 research applications that went before research ethics... Continue Reading →
Less haste and more speed is better for research and better for patients
The Government has today announced an Innovative Medicines and MedTech Review, beginning in early 2015. The Minister for Life Sciences, George Freeman MP, has set out a bold vision for cutting drastically the time it takes to develop and give patients access to new medicines and innovation. This news release lays out the basic aims... Continue Reading →
Health Research Authority (HRA) draft guidance on sharing trial results with research participants and more!
The Health Research Authority (HRA) is to be congratulated on its draft guidance to researchers on providing information to participants at the end of the study. The guidance is open for consultation until the end of this month.It takes a common-sense approach to sharing trial results with study participants. I challenge any researcher not to find... Continue Reading →
Sciencewise: 10/10 see you again – I sincerely hope so!
Sciencewise, the Government funded body which aims to improve science and technology policy-making by making better use of public dialogue, is celebrating its tenth birthday this year. Set up in 2004 in the wake of the fiasco that was GM foods, Sciencewise has done much within Whitehall and Westminster to advance the case for a more open,... Continue Reading →
Dignity and respect in clinical trials: some thoughts
Looking at how we can improve the patient experience of being in a clinical trial is something I'll be doing a lot of this year as National Director. It will be one of the objectives of the NIHR strategy to increase research participation that I have just broken off from writing to do this blog. If you... Continue Reading →
Health Research Authority looks for good practice in identifying research participants – survey.
Excuse my laziness but it is Saturday. Here's a copy of a press release put out by the a Health Research Authority (HRA) on Wednesday about a call (in essence, a survey) they are doing for good practice in identifying potential participants for research studies. The results of the work will be published by HRA... Continue Reading →
An invitation from the Health Research Authority (HRA): #patientsasregulatorypartners
Invitation to contribute to workshops about the Health Research Authority's Public Involvement Strategy The Health Research Authority is running two workshops to give people interested in our strategy an opportunity to discuss it and how we put it into action. We would like these to include researchers and research funders as well as patients and... Continue Reading →
New HRA web guidance on consent and participant info sheets open for review
Yep, it is a double whammy from the Health Research Authority (HRA) via me. Earlier I blogged about the HRA's new public involvement strategy. Now I am passing on the following which is self explanatory I think...and I am sure they would welcome your input if you have time. One of the good things about the revised... Continue Reading →
Health Research Authority makes its pitch to patients and the public
Now, how does the famous saying go? Some are born regulators, some become regulators, and some have regulation thrust upon them. Yesterday our medical research regulator - the Health Research Authority (HRA) - set out its strategy for public involvement: http://www.hra.nhs.uk/patients-and-the-public-2/how-the-hra-works-with-patients-and-the-public/our-strategy-for-public-involvement/ Regulators are the modern tool by which Governments operationalise law. Years ago it used... Continue Reading →
Do I detect a slight fumble of the ball in today's Commons Select Committee report on clinical trials?
Not for the first time I was awake at 3am this morning. Cup of tea in hand, watching American football. It's amazing how those players keep the ball when so many other players are piling on top of them. Rarely do you see the thing break free. They must practice for hours.... The House of Commons... Continue Reading →
Health Research Authority (HRA) publishes its first annual review
It's no secret that I think the Health Research Authority (HRA) has been doing the right things in the right way since its establishment. Today, a colleague drew my attention to its recently published annual review (see the first of the named publications on its home page). It gives a good account of itself as... Continue Reading →
Research transparency: HRA shows a cool head where others fear to tread
The public might just be on the verge of getting the sort of health research regulator they need and deserve. Yesterday the Health Research Authority (HRA) published its plans for promoting transparency around publication of health research findings. Of particular note from a public and patient perspective is its proposal to: 'set standards and issue... Continue Reading →
Political spotlight on Health Research Authority (HRA) intensifies
I am sure the new Health Research Authority (HRA) can take care of itself. But the expectations being heaped on it by others show no signs of abating. I wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow someone calls on it to cure cancer. If it had been created by a Blair Government it would surely have been... Continue Reading →


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The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting nearly 800 operators with more than 300 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in adjacent industry sectors.
As part of their Disaster Response Programme they also have an excellent page dealing with Refugee Connectivity.
There you can find some information about "refugees and smartphones" in general and many examples for projects dealing with this topic.
They also provide some highly interesting scientific studies like "The Importance of Mobile for Refugees" (PDF) or
a study about the use of mobile phones in a refugee camp in Tanzania, Africa (PDF)
Definitely worth reading it if you want to know more about the huge impact of mobile phones on refugees family reconnection, education, travel or mobile money!


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The Associated Student Body (ASB) of Otay Ranch High School promotes the democratic welfare of our school as we pledge to form a more perfect government, establish justice, promote equal representation, increase school spirit, improve communications, and increase school culture through academics, arts, and athletics for a higher standard of our "Mustang Pride."
The associated student body of Otay Ranch High School will ensure a united school community of students, parents, and staff, while giving all students the opportunity for growth in academic achievement, maturity, and social responsibility. We will uphold the most significant roles of leadership by promoting service to our neighboring community and fulfill this constitution for Otay Ranch High School to the best of our ability.
ASB Forms
- Facility Use Application
- Meeting Minutes
- ORHS Field Trip Packet
- Check Request form
- Fundraising and Activity Request Form
- GENERAL Meeting Minutes
- ORHS ASB Charter Packet 2020-2021
- Prior Approval Expeniture form
ASB Virtual Club Charter for Club/Sports


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St Agatha's Tower
See one of Malta's most impressive attractions with a visit to St. Agatha's Tower. Just a 20 minute drive from Qawra, it's the perfect way to spend an hour or two if you're exploring Mellieha Bay.
Also known as the Red Tower, it's only a couple of Euros to get in, so it's nice and cheap for the whole family. Built in 1649 as a watchtower, St. Agatha's Tower has seen plenty of use during its time, including through both world wars.
Arriving at the tower, you'll be struck by the unique red colour. This makes for a fantastic photo
opportunity, especially with the steep stairs in front of the entrance, and the stunning scenery. The tower was restored towards the end of the 20th century, so you'll get a great idea of what it looked like when it was first built.
Learn about the tower's history as you make your way through the interior. You'll discover how it could last during a siege, and see interesting artefacts like old coats of arms. If you're lucky, the helpful guides might even help your kids put on some armour for a picture.
Make sure you save plenty of space on your camera for the views when you get to the top though, as you'll have spectacular panoramas over Mellieha Bay, the Ghadira Nature Reserve and out towards the island of Gozo.
After spending some time on the roof, head back down to level ground and continue your
sightseeing at the Skorba temples. Then move on to Mnajdra before settling down for dinner with a view at Qawra Point.


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By Harrison Howe
A 'Legal Recession'
In June 2011, the National Association for Law Placement (NALP) reported that fewer law school graduates are landing jobs in law firms. A study by Northwestern Law showed that in the past few years about 15,000 attorney and other legal jobs have been lost at large firms alone. NALP also reported that those who are landing jobs are making less than those who came before them. The reason? It's simply that the largest firms that usually offer the highest salaries aren't hiring.
Some are referring to the current situation as a 'legal recession'. The New York Times recently called it 'the worst recession in the legal profession's history.' Astonishingly, these references and the aforementioned statistics are having little to no impact on law school enrollment despite the fact that tuitions at these schools continue to climb (a mind-boggling 317% rise between 1989 and 2009, as compared to 71% for college tuition).
So how are law schools doing it? How are they charging more and hitting to what amounts to record enrollment numbers (49,700 matriculated in 2010) and growing requests for the LSAT, the prelaw standardized test? You might, rightly so, be shocked to find out their secret.
Objection! Law Schools Blurring the Lines Between Fact and Fantasy
A 93% employment rate? A median starting salary of $160,000? These are the sorts of numbers law schools are throwing around. For a 22-year-old student facing grim job prospects after majoring in many other areas of study, law school would certainly seem like a no-brainer. A very promising and potentially ludicrous no-brainer.
The only problem is that there seems to be little truth to it. Some law schools may be misleading students into a false sense of security by reporting job growth rates and salary figures that are exaggerated or simply not true. For instance, some lower-ranking schools are reporting starting salaries equaling those of Yale and Harvard Law School graduates! 'Every time I look at this data, I feel dirty,' Indiana University law professor William Henderson told The New York Times in January, 2011.
Glorified information, some say, is the norm due largely to the fact that law schools live and die by rankings. The better the figures, the higher the ranking. The higher the ranking, the better the reputation. The better the reputation, the higher the enrollment. The higher the enrollment. . .yes, you guessed it. The more money made. And many colleges and universities rely on the money brought in by their law schools. At least ten percent and in some cases as much as 30% of law school earnings are used to fund less profitable programs.
And earning so much money is what allows law schools to wield the type of power they do. Raise costs? No problem. Build more schools? No problem there, either. Fordham Law School, University of Michigan Law School and University of Baltimore Law School are just a few of the schools that have begun construction on new and expensive buildings. Make the numbers look grand in assessment surveys to climb the ranks? That's okay, too.
Law Students Still Going for the Best
So how much of an effect does ranking have on incoming students? Just ask Oriana Pietrangelo, who turned down a full scholarship at a lower-ranked school and took on more debt to attend the highly-ranked University of Notre Dame Law School. The perception by most students is that they will get a better job and make more money by graduating from a top-ranked school. And the sort of skewed numbers being published by law schools is fueling that perception.
But the reality in the current job market, according to Professor Henderson, is that such a degree does not at all guarantee any job, let alone a high-paying one in a top law firm. Just ask Michael Wallerstein, who accrued $250,000 in loans to earn a law degree and has thus far only been able to find jobs as a legal temp. In the current economy, Wallerstein's story is unfortunately all too familiar.
But students remain stubbornly undeterred, generally resigned to the high cost of law school. Law school admissions consultant Ann Levine told U.S. News in 2010, 'I had thought people would be more. . .willing to let go of ranking a little bit. I was wrong. People want to generally go to the best law school they can get into, regardless of costs.'
What's more, some mid- and lower-ranked schools still cost a lot of money, in some cases nearly as much as higher-ranked ones. Annual tuition at some of these schools can still be $43,000. New York Law School is ranked in the bottom third, yet charges $47,800 a year (more than Harvard!) and enrollment there is skyrocketing.
Finally, there does not seem to be an end in sight. Basically, law schools will keep hiking tuitions, students will keep coming and it's likely that graduates will continue to have a hard time finding jobs, at least for the foreseeable future. It seems like a recipe for disaster. . .but given the overall power that law schools tend to yield, not one that's going to change any time soon.
To some law schools grads lower pay in permanent associate positions is an attractive opportunity, and just the kind of opportunity being offered by a growing number of top law firms across the country.


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Broadcasting stars call for re-think on privatisation of BBC radio
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6 November 2016
A long list of top BBC radio professionals and luminaries have had a letter published in the Sunday Times calling on the government and BBC to scale down proposals to outsource 60 per cent of radio output. The letter says the tendering process will be overly bureaucratic, diverting funds away from programme making, and will put at risk public service broadcasting.
Will the Archers or Women's Hour go the same way as Bake Off if BBC plans go ahead? If you care about the future of radio come along to a joint-unions meeting in Parliament in Committee Room 9 at 18.00 on Wednesday 16 November. More details on the NUJ's events diary.
The letter states:
As radio professionals, we are extremely worried about the proposal (in the draft BBC Charter and Agreement) to put 60 per cent of BBC national radio output out to competitive tender. Over the past 20 years BBC Radio has gradually increased external commissioning from zero to around 20 per cent of output. This gradual increase has fostered evolution while maintaining stability, allowing BBC Radio to sustain its international reputation for excellence. The proposal to increase competition to 60 per cent by 2022 threatens severe damage to that excellence.
The BBC Trust advised the government that "There are clear risks to public value if competition is extended too quickly given the still limited scale of the radio supply market (the BBC being the only significant commissioner in the UK of Independent radio content). A large or rapid reduction in in-house production could put public value significantly at risk."
The proposal as it stands would mean an extra 3,000 hours of output being put out to tender every year. This is poor value for money: the cost of commissioning-related administration will increase, but money spent on actual programmes will be cut, squeezing radio budgets that both external and in-house producers already find barely adequate. It makes no sense to spend less on making programmes while spending more on the cost of commissioning them. This sets bureaucracy above creativity.
Furthermore, the inevitable large fluctuations in commissioning will imperil both BBC in-house production – not least its role as training ground for the wider radio industry – and smaller independent production companies. Long-term planning will be extremely difficult and the resulting increase in the casualisation of staff will further endanger programme quality.
We urge the government to reconsider the present proposal and approve a significantly slower change to protect the interests of BBC licence fee payers.
Guardian report: BBC stars criticise radio commissioning plan as 'threat to excellence': proposed increase in competitive tendering for content will squeeze programme budgets, warn Andrew Marr, Jarvis Cocker and Joan Bakewell
Dame Jenny Abramsky
Dame Joan Bakewell
Sir John Tusa
Prof Jim Al-Khalili
Nikki Bedi
Jarvis Cocker
Richard Coles
Sheila Dillon
Dr Kevin Fong
Frances Fyfield
Misha Glenny
Robin Ince
Paul Jackson
Dr Heather Jones
Suzy Klein
Kirsty Lang
Andrew McGregor
Maria Margaronis
Andrew Marr
Prof Mark Miodownik
Aasmah Mir
Roger Mosey
Libby Purves
Sean Rafferty
Nick Rankin
Tom Robinson
Martin Sixsmith
Francis Spufford
Sean Street
Tom Sutcliffe
Fiona Talkington
Laurie Taylor
Geoff Watts
Peter White
John Wilson
Julian Worricker


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The extreme winter weather this week made me decide to share another cold water video and give you some quick tricks for cold weather survival.
I'm going to get right into it and try to skip the silly fluff that news anchors are putting out.
Surviving cold weather emergencies is about maintaining temperature. You do this by minimizing heat loss and effectively adding heat to the system (your body or the clothes/shelter/container that's separating your body from the environment).
Awhile back, I shot a video where I took a dip for a few seconds in an ice bath in sub-freezing weather and then hopped into a pocket survival bivvy to warm up. I was only able to warm up because my core temperature didn't drop and I was still throwing off adequate amounts of heat to compensate. The bivvy reflected that heat back at me and warmed the cold water that soaked my clothes and warmed my cold skin. Reflecting your heat back to your body only works for so long. In this video, I show how much things change when I stretched that quick dip out to just under a minute.
Your ability to handle cold weather emergencies or a worst case scenario like cold water immersion is going to depend on several factors, but let's take a look at what you can do to tilt the odds in your favor.
Some quick/easy ways to retain heat to maintain the body heat that you generate:
- Clothes (duh) Try to avoid cotton and stick with wool and/or insulated polyester. I'm particularly fond of King Of The Mountain winter clothes. I got one of their "street fighter" coats before they were released to the public and it's the most amazing coat I've ever owned. They're not cheap, but the combination of wool, kevlar, and carbon fiber can do things that no other combination of materials can. King, (the owner), runs almost every facet of the business and that means a couple of things for you…first, he's got a vested interest in everything getting done perfectly. Second, it means that if they don't have what you want in stock, you may have a long wait until they do another run of that particular garment. They mostly do seasonal items and bigger orders for units, agencies, and schools, so call and talk with King and see what they have in stock before you order.
- If things are bad…a pocket survival bivvy. I carry one when I run in the fall and winter months and we have them in our vehicles and in our quad. They allow me to go out dressed in ways that would otherwise be considered irresponsible.. (Don't ask me why…if you get it, you understand. If you don't get it, my answer probably won't make sense.) My 9 year old son and I go trail running for a half hour or more in a t-shirt or no shirt with when the temperature is in the 20s or teens–but I've got a pocket survival bivvy with me and we wear fleeces tied around our waists.
A buddy of mine who runs winter Ultra Marathons (100 miles) and double Ultras (200 miles) uses the pocket survival bivvy as his secret weapon to keep from getting hypothermia when he stops to take naps during the 2-4 day, 24 hour a day races. It's allowed him to keep going in races where other runners were dropping like flies and even getting evacuated by helicopter.
- Double tent or set up a tent inside your house.
- Save your pee. If you can, dedicate a wide mouth water bottle for pee and not drinking and pee into it. Simply screw the lid back on, wipe it down if necessary, and keep it in your coat or sleeping bag with you as a hot/warm water bottle. It's your heat…be selfish about it. If you like the people you're with, you may even want to mark it.
If you're approaching the point where you can't generate enough heat…even if you're retaining most of it with a pocket survival bivvy or other methods, you need to add heat to the system.
Quick ways to gain heat (besides fire, car heater, heated building, exercise, & shared body heat):
- Drink warm water.
- Eat a combination of carbs (will warm you short term but cool you long term) and fats like coconut oil, grass fed butter, and fish oils. I think of it as building a fire…the carbs are like kindling and the fats are like logs. If you've geared your body to run on straight fats, then it's a slightly different story, but you still want a mix of both. If possible, try to have honey or maple syrup instead of ultra refined sugars like high fructose corn sweetener.
- Put a hot water bottle under your arms, or high up between your legs.
- Use hand warmers, body warmers, battery powered heated clothing, instant hot packs from first aid kits.
What can you do ahead of time?
- Avoid alcohol
- Frequent small exposure to cold…check with your doctor to see what's safe and appropriate for you. Sudden exposure to cold can shunt blood to your core, increase pulse rate and blood pressure, and cause a heart attack. Don't screw around with this unless you know it won't hurt you. If you're OK, gradually shift from a warm shower to a cool shower to a cold shower and learn to calm yourself and breathe through the shock.
- Stay hydrated and make sure you're getting enough Omega 3 fats.
- Check with your doctor to make sure you're getting enough B vitamins, and that your thyroid and adrenals are working correctly.
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I recently attended a party where I overheard a group of folks talking excitedly about "apps." Being in the food business (apps, appys, starters, appetizers — all the same to my ear), my first thought was to look around for a unique dumpling or an exquisite puff pastry — something that would explain their eagerness. They had even mentioned the word "pod."
Then it hit me. Akk! These are iPhone users! Apps is tech-speak for the applications that can be downloaded onto their phones (from the Apps Store, I think). I grabbed a handful of redskin peanuts and moved on. Apps, apps, apps. Get a life!
Then I saw today's news about Kraft launching its iFood Assistant, and I stand corrected. The nation's second-largest food company is telling me that Apps are a part of life, even if it's not mine (yet).
For a 99-cent fee, the Kraft Foods program helps iPhone and iPod touch users find recipes, create shopping lists and even locate the nearest supermarket with a GPS feature. The service has an option that groups ingredients by aisle to save time in the store; and a demo feature that provides cooking guidance using video.
We've written about this type of mobile assistance before. Dieters can enter nutrition information into their phones to get a read-out on proper portion sizes; lists of sustainable seafood choices or in-season organic produce are also available, at the touch of a button.
Health and wellness seem to be very large components of these programs, so I better broaden my definition of "apps." They're not just something you eat. They can also show us how to eat.


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S.F. couple raise the roof on an earthquake-era house
For some, the purchase of a period house can evolve into the real estate version of a Civil War re-enactment: every chair, cushion and cornice selected for its pedigree and provenance. Though impressive, such endeavors can suck the air out of a room, as if one had taken up residence in a museum. By contrast, walking into the 1906 Bernal Heights home of Kelly Lack and Jon Solorzano, with its moody wall colors, mashup of art and ephemera culled across eras and continents, and selected lashings of period detailing, is like a stimulating tonic for the senses. Lack describes it as "Boho global with gothic leanings," but whatever you call it, the vibe is modern, fresh and original.
Craving a house with soul, Lack, 33, and Solorzano, 34, were united in their quest for a Victorian-style vernacular when they returned to California from New York five years ago (she hails from Salinas, he from Ventura; they met at UC Santa Barbara). But when it came to the interior, "we love far too many things to restrict ourselves to one era," says Lack, whose gigs as a travel writer and blog editor at One Kings Lane have helped inform her free-range aesthetic.
In addition to a love of travel (the pair spent their honeymoon backpacking around Southeast Asia, and take frequent road trips closer to home), Lack and Solorzano find it impossible to resist the siren call of a Salvation Army Store. They are dedicated collectors with committedly catholic tastes and one unifying principle: "We're very cheap," says Solorzano, an attorney by trade (and artisan by inclination). Indeed, it is a point of pride that they never pay full retail — instead corralling treasures found at sales, thrift shops, flea markets, sidewalks and even dumpsters; painting and repairing as necessary, and then pulling everything together with a sleight-of-hand that can leave a visitor pondering, How did they do that?
In some ways, the home is a reflection of their neighborhood, which they have come to love. "Bernal Heights is perfect for us — secret staircases and weird, twisty streets that dead-end into secret gardens. It still feels artsy and funky and soulful," says Lack, who loves foraging "witchy" weeds and flowers growing between the sidewalk cracks.
The three-bedroom house came with some improvements, such as the opened-up wall between kitchen and dining room. But the single bathroom resulted in early-morning stumbles down the steep staircase, and helped inspire the recent renovation. In addition to inserting an upstairs bath in the dormer and raising the bedroom ceiling to display the A-frame, Lack and Solorzano layered selected period details back in, such as textured anaglypta wallpaper, glass doorknobs, crown moldings, corbels and wainscoting — "which lends the house such a sweet farmhouse vibe," says Lack.
One Christmas, Lack presented Solorzano with a miter saw, which he learned to use on YouTube and put into service soon thereafter, building shelving and creating a window seat in the nursery (baby Rye was born in June). Solorzano also refinished his parents' teak dining table, which is surrounded by Scandinavian Designs chairs (snagged on sale) festooned with Ikea fleeces. The industrial-looking bar was snapped up at Jordan's: "It's like Circus Circus meets furniture store — we don't discriminate; good stuff can be found anywhere," says Lack.
Although a total kitchen overhaul was beyond their means, a few budget moves made a world of difference. The "horrible, sandy-colored tile with dark grout" atop the kitchen island was whitewashed with a compound made by Rust-Oleum, and the floor was transformed from a grimy peach-and-yellow checkerboard with Behr's Porch and Patio Floor Paint. "I was inspired by all those beautiful Scandinavian houses with white walls and floorboards crowding up your Pinterest boards," says Lack, whose home is now among those doing just that.
While the kitchen is airy, bright and cool white (Behr's Frost), the adjacent living room derives drama from the almost-black hues of Benjamin Moore's Witching Hour (including the moldings, for a more modern look). "Black can get a bad rap, like fit for a dungeon," says Lack. "But to me, it's elegant and timeless. The theme is contrast: Most of our light objects live in the dark room, while darker pieces reside in our white rooms."
Artwork procured at garage sales, antique fairs, One Kings Lane, Art.com, Etsy and even — wait for it — Z Gallerie hangs salon style throughout the house. "For the longest time we couldn't decide who we were as 'art owners,'" says Lack. "It's a commitment, like getting a tattoo. But we mainly favor bargain spots because we far prefer original paintings, which we could otherwise never afford. You just have to trust your taste."
So, with everything in place — but a garage filled with finds — can their home ever be finished? "Jon and I laugh, because one of the mottoes of One Kings Lane is, 'Design is Never done,'" says Lack. "But you know, sometimes, it has to be — at least for a while."


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The Motorola Quench XT5, one of the most awaited budget Android phones has finally been launched in India. It was launched today and is bundled with an Aircel connection.
The Quench XT5 runs Android 2.1 Eclair and comes with a 3.2 inch capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. It has a 600 MHz Qualcomm processor and comes with 256 MB RAM.
It offers 512 MB internal storage and comes bundled with a 2 GB microSD card. It also has a 5 MP camera with LED flash and comes equipped with GPRS, EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi and GPS.
It is priced at Rs 13990 in India and comes with an Aircel connection. If you choose a prepaid connection, you get 9 GB free download for 3 months and 150 free Aircel to Aircel minutes. With a postpaid connection, you get 1 GB free downloads per month for six months.
If you aren't keen on the camera, I think that the LG Optimus One would be a better option, as it runs Android 2.2 Froyo and will soon get the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update.


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Policy Coordination Unit: - Responsible for the initiation and coordination of all policies, projects and programmes of the sector Ministry and its agencies.

Planning and Budgeting Unit: - The unit leads in the design and provision of plans based on a sound framework for the effective implementation of the Ministry's planned programmes, projects and activities.

The unit is also responsible for preparing budget and the provision of technical guidance to Management on budgetary matters and keeps proper updates of all financial projects.

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Monitoring and Evaluation Unit - The unit ensures the provision of an effective basis for measuring the various stages of programmes and projects of the Ministry as well as providing an objective basis for assessing the effectiveness of its programmes and projects.
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It's been quite a while since I posted here – I embraced twitter, but that's a very different forum for ideas
So – I'll be making a conscious effort to post more regularly here and post some pics, some achievements, some thoughts on tech, etc.
What triggered this return? I don't know; just a threshold being crossed, a decision to take back some control over my life and take some new steps. I'm going to articulate some goals for the coming year in the next few days – get them out there and it will keep me accountable – even if the only person who sees them is me.
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone – especially to Kim who has been a wonderful, important part of my life for the past 2.5 years and I hope for many more.


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A memorial service (Greek: μνημόσυνον, mnemósynon, "memorial";[1] Slavic: панихида, panikhída, from Greek παννυχίς, pannychis, "vigil";[2][3] Romanian: parastas, from Greek παραστάς, parastas[4]) is a liturgical solemn service for the repose of departed in the Eastern Orthodox Church.[note 1]
In the Eastern Church, the various prayers for the departed have as their purpose praying for the repose of the departed, comforting the living, and reminding the livng of their own mortality and the brevity of this earthly life. For this reason, memorial services have an air of penitence about them,[5] and tend to be served more frequently during the four fasting seasons.[note 2]
If the service is for an individual, it often held at his graveside. If it is a general commemoration of all the departed, or if the individual's grave is not close by, the service is held in a church, in front of a special small, free-standing "memorial table" which is attached an upright crucifix and with a candelabra for the faithful to put lighted candles.
The deacon (or, if there is no deacon the priest) swings the censer throughout almost the entire service, and all stand holding lighted candles. Near the end of the service, during the final troparia, all either extinguish their candles or place them in a candle holder by the memorial table. Each candle symbolizes the individual soul, which, as it were, each person holds in his own hand. The extinguishing (or giving up) of the candle at the end of the service symbolizes the fact that each person will have to surrender his soul at the end of his life.
The service is composed of Psalms, ektenias (litanies), hymns, and prayers. In its outline it follows the general order of Matins,[note 3] and is in effect a truncated funeral service. Some of the most notable portions of the service are the Kontakion of the Departed,[note 4] and the final singing of "Memory Eternal" (Slavonic: Vyechnaya Pamyat).
The memorial service is most frequently served at the end of the Divine Liturgy; however, it may also be served after Vespers, Matins, or as a separate service by itself. If the service is held separately, there are readings from the Pauline epistles and the Gospels which are assigned by the day of the week; no readings, however, are assigned to Sunday because Sunday should emphasize the resurrection of Christ rather than the departed.
For the memorial service, koliva (a ritual food of boiled wheat) is often prepared and is placed in front of the memorial table or an icon of Christ. Afterwards, it is blessed by the priest, who sprinkles it with holy water. [note 5] The koliva is then taken to the refectory and is served to all those who attended the service.
After an Orthodox Christian dies there are special "Prayers for the Departure of the Soul" that are said by the priest. Then the family or friends of the departed will wash and dress the body and it is placed in the casket after which a special expanded memorial service called the First Panikhida is celebrated, following which the reading of the Psalter[note 6] commences and continues uninterrupted until the funeral.
Traditionally, in addition to the service on the day of death, the memorial service is performed at the request of the relatives of an individual departed person on the following occasions:
It is also served on the numerous Soul Saturdays throughout the year.[note 8] On these days, not only is the memorial service served, but there are also special propers at Vespers, Matins, and the Divine Liturgy. These days of general memorials are:
the celebration of memorial services is forbidden from Holy Thursday through Bright Week and on all Sundays throughout the year.
A very abbreviated form of the memorial service is called the Lity (or Liti or Litia), from the Greek λιτὴ τελετή, litē teletē, i.e. a plain ceremony, or λιτὸν μνημόσυνον, liton mnēmosynon, i.e. a plain mnemosynon; it consists only of the concluding portion of the regular memorial service. This is often celebrated in the narthex of the church on ordinary weekdays (i.e., when there is no higher-ranking feast day), especially during Great Lent.
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I was using trial version.
the problem occured after increasing the folder lock size.
I don't remember if I locked the files or encriped them.
I tried to uninstall the folder lock program and as a result I hade a folder named recovered locker with a folder in it named $RICYCLE.BIN which properties shows 58 files and 8 folders, and a 1.45 GB size.
after increasing the locker size it became 41.1 GB
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you could try doing a search for a *.flk file, and then reinstalling the trial and unlocking it. It looks like you are not alone with these problems. The other thing that is possible is that the trial doesn't let you do as much as the full program? Or that you are out of the free trial period.
I found the *.flk folder and opened it, but it was empty.
I have a feeling that my files are in the folder named $RICYCLE.BIN which appeared after my files were disappeared.


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There's a term for it…writer's block. However I'm not sure that truly sums up what it is. A block is an object. A block is a thing. That's how the dictionary defines it firstly. Secondly, it defines it as an obstacle. Still sounds like an object or a thing to me. And if so, when you pair it with "writer's", it sounds like it should be tangible–physical. Honey, when I get writer's block, there's nothing tangible about it. It's just nothing. With the exception of a cursor blinking persistently.
The dictionary further defines it as slang, e.g., knock your block off. It subsequently describes a block as wood, property, and a collection of numbers or units. See the pattern? All of this led me to think of things that are based on nothing but eventually led to something.
The alleged premise of the widely successful sitcom Seinfeld
Whitney Houston's hit song, "I Have Nothing", from The Bodyguard Soundtrack.
I couldn't even come up with a longer list.
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The N'ice Chouffe is a strong dark beer that will warm you up during the winter months. It is spiced (with thyme and curaçao) and a light hop taste, a well-balanced beer. The N'ice Chouffe is unfiltered, and re-fermented in the bottle.
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