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First of all, I wish you a very good new year!
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Closing tags are actually optional in PHP, and have been for some time. If you have whitespace after the closing ?> php tag then this can cause all kinds of havoc when you try to send headers to the browser.
We say it's easier to just not use closing tags than to have to remember to trim any whitespace after the closing tag. It took me a while to get into the habit, but it works fine.
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Section 1. The name of this organization shall be The United States of America Transactional Analysis Association (hereafter referred to as USATAA).
Section 2. USATAA is chartered in the State of California. It shall function as a non-profit organization in compliance with Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code (or the corresponding section of any future Federal tax code) of the United States and of comparable tax laws of the State of California.
USATAA is an educational organization with its main functions being:
- Disseminating Transactional Analysis in the United States or where invited within Academic, Educational, Organizational, Clinical, Community and Faith-based Communities.
- Protecting the use and theory of Transactional Analysis in the United States.
- Providing learning, practicing and growing opportunities for its members in the theory and practice of Transactional Analysis.
- Fostering cooperation with the International Transactional Analysis Association and other TA based organizations.
Section 1. Members of the organization shall be those individuals living in the United States of America who subscribe to the theory and practice of Transactional Analysis, have applied for and been accepted as members, and who maintain their membership by paying their annual dues.
Section 2. Associate members are those persons living outside of the United States of America who subscribe to the theory and practice of Transactional Analysis, have applied for and been accepted as members, and who maintain their membership by paying their annual dues. Associate members receive all USATAA communications but may not vote at annual or special meetings.
Section 1. There shall be a regular meeting of members at least once every three years, at a place, date and time to be determined by the Coordinating Council. The Coordinating Council shall notify the membership of the place, date and time of the meeting, and of the general nature of those matters which the Council, at the time the notice is given, intends to present for action by the members. Other matters may be voted on only if one-third of members eligible to vote are present. If Council members are to be elected, the notice shall include the names of all those who are nominees at the time the notice is given. Notification shall take place not less than 10 nor more than 90 days before the date of the meeting, or, if by notice in the NET, at least 20 days prior to the meeting. Notice by first class mail shall be sent to the member's address of record and notice by electronic mail shall be sent to their email address of record. Notice may also be sent by any other manner authorized by the then current California Corporations Code.
Section 2. Special meetings of members may be called by the Coordinating Council at the written request of a majority of the Coordinating Council or ten percent (10%) of the membership. The Coordinating Council shall notify the membership of the place, date and time of the meeting, and of the general nature of the business to be transacted. No other business may be transacted. If notice is not given within 20 days of receipt of the request, the persons entitled to call the meeting may give the notice. The meeting shall be held not less than 35 nor more than 90 days after receipt of the request. Notification shall take place by placing a notice in the NET at least 20 days prior to the meeting, or by first class mail or electronic message sent to the member's address of record or email address of record at least 10 days prior to the meeting, or in any other manner authorized by the then current California Corporations Code.
Section 3. A quorum at such regular or special meetings shall consist of 10% of the membership of the association present in person or by proxy. Proxies will only be used to establish a quorum. Ballots by mail will be made available on request to those members unable to attend the meeting. A quorum is necessary at any regular or special meeting before a vote may be taken.
Section 4. Each regular member of USATAA is entitled to one vote on each matter submitted for a vote to the membership. Voting at duly held meetings shall be by voice vote with the addition of mail ballots where applicable. Election of the Coordinating Council, however, shall be by ballot only if requested by any member.
Governance and Structure
Section 1. The business of USATAA shall be governed by the Coordinating Council with participation of the Advisory Board, in accordance with ARTICLES II, III and IV.
Section 2. Final decisions about governance are made by the membership in a meeting of members or by written ballot. The ballot may be sent to members and returned to the Association by electronic transmission, as specified by the then current California Corporations Code.
Section 3. TheCoordinating Council shall consist of five (5) members elected by the general membership in a meeting of members or by written ballot and serving for a three-year period on staggered terms. When there are not more candidates for the Council than the number of vacancies, no vote or written ballot is required. The Council shall designate a General Coordinator from among its members.
Section 4. The Coordinating Council members agree to undertake the functions and obligations of the Council, including attendance at Council meetings and sharing in Council deliberations and duties. Should a member be unable to carry out Council responsibilities the member shall tender a resignation to the Council. After due consideration, the Council may, with or without such resignation, declare a seat vacant.
Section 5. When a vacancy occurs on the Council, the Council members may select a designee to serve as a full Council member pending a vote of the general members in an election at the next meeting or by written ballot.
Section 6. The Advisory Board shall consist of six (6) members, each member representing one of the six (6) geographic regions as designated in Section 7. The Regional Representatives will serve a three-year term. If a Regional Representative is unable to fulfill their duties, including attendance at Council meetings, they will secure an alternate to represent their region. This alternate shall serve until such time as the Regional Representative can resume their duties or until a new Regional Representative is selected.
The primary duties of the Regional Representatives include : representing their region at Council meetings; coordinating membership activities in their region; recruiting members in their region; encouraging and supporting Transactional Analysis learning activities in their region, and serving as liaison between the Coordinating Council and the members in their region. Whenever possible, it is recommended that the Regional Representative be affirmed by the USATAA membership of their region.
Section 7. For purposes of representation and program, USATAA members are grouped into one of six regions in the United States. The six regions are Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, Rocky Mountain and Pacific.
Section 8. The Coordinating Council shall allocate organization duties, functions, and responsibilities among Council members. The Council shall conduct the business of the organization including, but not limited to, leadership, legal presence, records and reports, finances, program, membership and communication.
Section 9. The Council may form task forces from among the general membership as circumstances or conditions suggest. The Council may on an annual basis, name ad hoc members to provide assistance and advice. The immediate past General Coordinator shall be an ad hoc member for a three-year period following his or her term in office.
Section 1. The Council shall determined annual dues and notify the members in a timely manner.
Section 2. All dues assessed are payable on January 1st of each year unless the time of payment is changed by the Council.
Amendments to these Bylaws shall be recommended by the Council and ratified by the USATAA membership in a meeting of members or by written ballot. Amendments shall pass in a meeting of members by a simple majority of the total of the members present and the ballots mailed in by absent members. Amendments shall pass by written ballot when the number of votes cast by ballot within the time period specified equals or exceeds the quorum required to be present at a meeting authorizing the action and the number of approvals equals or exceeds the number of votes that would be required to approve at a meeting at which the total number of votes cast was the same as the number of votes cast by ballot. Amended Bylaws shall take effect immediately unless otherwise stated in the amendment.
Parliamentary Authority
The rules contained in the current edition of "Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised" shall govern the organization in all cases to which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent with these Bylaws.
Section 1. Motions for dissolution shall be evaluated by the Coordinating Council but must be ratified by a majority of the USATAA membership in a meeting of members or by written ballot.
Section 2. Upon a dissolution or winding down of this Association its assets remaining after the payment, or provision for the payment of, all debts and liabilities of this organization, shall be distributed in compliance with California law, to the International Transactional Analysis Association, if it is then in existence and exempt under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Prohibition Against Sharing Corporate Profits and Assets
No member, Director, officer, employee, or other person connected with this corporation, or any private individual, shall receive at any time any of the net earnings or pecuniary profit from the operations of the corporation, provided, however, that this provision shall not prevent payment to any such person or reasonable compensation for services performed for the corporation in effecting any of its public or charitable purposes, provided such compensation is otherwise permitted by these Bylaws and is fixed by resolution of the Coordinating Council; and no such person or persons shall be entitled to share in the distribution of, and shall not receive, any of the corporate assets on dissolution of the corporation. All members, if any, of the corporation shall be deemed to have expressly consented and agreed that on such dissolution or winding down of the affairs of the corporation, after debts have been satisfied, then remaining in the hands of the Coordinating Council, shall be distributed as required by the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation and not otherwise.
Approved by the Council and Membership
Dated: August 1, 1987
Revised: October 17, 2004
Revision Committee: Vern Masse, Chairman, Fanita English, Lucy Freedman, Felipe Garcia, Dianne Maki, Suzanne Wilson
Revised: November 7, 2009
Revision Committee: Roberta (Bobbie) Barry, Chair
Approved by the Council and Membership at the General Membership Meeting
Learn more about the structure of the council here.
A printable list of which states are in which regions is here.


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According to figures released today by Statistics Netherlands, just under 150 thousand tourists flew to the Caribbean Netherlands in 2012. In 2013 this was slightly more: around 152 thousand. This number includes both holidaymakers and business visitors. In the first half of 2014, 77 thousand tourists arrived at the airports of the Caribbean Netherlands. Most of the tourists came from the United States (including Puerto Rico) and the Netherlands (including Aruba, Curacao and St Maarten).
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Today was the first day in a long time that I came home to an empty flat. And it is my first night sleeping in this flat alone.
Greg and his best friend James has packed their bags and on their way to Florida for a ten days vacation. I am so envious of their trip, and I know they will have an amazing time. I am really happy for Greg that he gets this experience with his best friend, after he has been working so hard ever since he arrived in London in January he truly deserves it.
Although I must admit I am sad to be without him for that long, and last night I felt anxious thinking of being here alone. I am getting so used to having him here every night and seeing him every day that I think I am experiencing some separation anxiety.
Last night I got that same feeling I had when we were doing long distance and it was the night before one of us would fly back to our home country. Of course this is very different, back then we would face two or three months apart and now we are only having ten days apart but I still got that same anxious feeling in my stomach as I did back then.
The whole day at work today I just kept thinking of the empty flat I would come home to, knowing Greg and James is so far away. It nearly killed my motivation for the day just thinking about it and it felt so weird and empty coming through the door after work having no one to greet me and knowing no one is coming home later in the evening either.
Especially after having James here for two weeks, I am so used to having people around and having company in the evening. Going from having days being three people at home to being alone is such a strange feeling.
Since I came home I have just been moping around the flat not really knowing what to do with myself.
I am normally someone who enjoy spending time on my own and I enjoy my own company. I think this is one of the first times that I know I have some time to myself and I am not feeling really happy about that! It is so strange how we can change like that, to me it is a whole new feeling and very unlike myself. I am not sure if it is age or just missing Greg that makes me feel so lonely sitting here alone. It is odd to think about how dependent one can get on another person!
However I do think it is good to have some days apart, even though I am not liking it as it happens. I think it is good to be able to truly miss one another and feel lonely being apart.
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it is nice once in a while to realize the importance of the person we love and just how much we love them. Not to mention that I think this is so good for Greg to get to see what he wants to see and have some time with his friends from New Zealand that he hardly every get to see.
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Now it is time for this lonely soul to get to bed in order to survive a full on day tomorrow.
I hope you all are well and get a good night sleep.
Sweet dreams, Camilla


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Special Report: Train After Layoffs!
A Summary of the Profit-enhancing and Personnel-stabilizing Effects
of Increasing Training Budgets After Downsizings and Other Layoffs
This Special Report is based on information developed pursuant to our analysis
of the American Management Association reports cited at the end of this report,
on information from The Wall Street Journal,
and on our own observations and feedback from clients.
December 9, 1996 -:- Copyright © by ASC/ Articulate Management, ntc.
Downsizing and Layoffs: Not Necessarily the Same Thing
The Value Of Training Overall, and of Management Training in Particular
Downsizing and Layoffs: Not Necessarily the Same Thing
"Fifty percent of major U.S. companies eliminated jobs in the twelve months ending June 1995." Yet while the eliminations averaged 7.7% of the workforce, the net workforce change in job-eliminating companies was only a 1.1% jobs reduction. Over 47% of reporting firms had an increase in total employees in the same period. Finally, although 66% of surveyed companies underwent at least one workforce reduction in the first half of the decade, today nearly 57% have larger workforces than in 1990.
We would add that although there has been a definite downsizing in the microchip industry recently, that downsizing followed unprecedented growth. In most cases the net result has been more jobs. We speculate that this was not a major disturbance within the industry (despite the hand wringing in the local press). Rather, this seems to be a normal manifestation of what we call the "Growth-Spurt Market-Leveling (GSML) cycle". We have observed this cycle at play in several if not most industries. As a side note, over the past several years we have been fine-tuning a set of proactive coping mechanisms for use within the planning process to minimize the effects of GSML.
It is possible that the more widespread downsizing trend of the past several years is nothing more than a long-wave manifestation of the GSML cycle, a correction of the growth explosion of the previous decade. Of course, this observation does little to allay the concerns of people caught in the corrective end of the cycle, be they layoffs or managers burdened with deciding who must go and how the remaining work is to be done.
The first point that must be made regarding workforce reductions is that such reductions do not necessarily benefit the bottom line. According to the AMA, "Fewer than half (47%) of the companies reporting workforce reductions since 1990 report that operating profits increased in the year following the reduction, and a slightly lesser number (46%) report an increase in the longer term.... Even fewer (33%) report an immediate increase in worker productivity; in the long term, that figure increases to 42%."
This would seem to indicate two things. First, corporate productivity suffers after workforce reductions because the production that would normally have been done by the displaced workers is not readily picked up by those who remain. Second, workforce reductions taken primarily for the sake of profitability are of dubious value. Given these, and the wholly negative consequences that follow, it becomes clear that profitability as a factor in workforce reductions must be considered in a broader and more critical light.
A recent front page feature, "The Next Big Thing" (The Wall Street Journal, November 26, 1996) states, "Three years after Dr. [Michael] Hammer and consultant James Champy launched this decade's hottest management fad with their best-selling book Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution, Dr. Hammer points out a flaw: He and other leaders of the $4.7 billion re-engineering industry forgot about people." Dr. Hammer says, "I was reflecting my engineering background and was insufficiently appreciative of the human dimension. I've learned that's critical." He says, "The real point of this is longer-term growth on the revenue side." Dr. Hammer concedes that re-engineering may be about getting more out of people, but, he insists, "It's not about getting rid of people." Despite AMA findings that "two-thirds of reported job eliminations are connected to organizational restructuring, and nearly half to reengineering of business processes,"
This last quote illustrates clearly the true defect in today's re-engineering/downsizing profit-maximization fad: insensitivity to human factors. It is this insensitivity that led to the industry's missing the people side of re-engineering. Particularly in across-the-board reductions, people are dismissed by the numbers, and qualified people lose their jobs just as easily as anyone else. (In fact, by the second or third round, nearly all who are cut are highly qualified survivors of earlier cuts.) Insensitivity, both real and perceived, is the greatest reinforcement of demoralization and destabilization. Demoralization is reinforced because those who are laid off sense that they are secondary to the dollar, or even worthless to the corporation altogether. The destabilization of those who remain is reinforced by their clear recognition that they could be next, no matter how well they perform in the interim; their qualifications are no guarantee.
For the corporation, a much greater problem grows out of employee demoralization and destabilization: the erosion of loyalty. As it becomes more apparent to employees that their corporate bosses don't care about them, they become less committed to their employers, and often, their work itself. They begin to follow the companies' lead and worry only about themselves, neglecting or even sabotaging one another while mirroring the corporate practice of taking whatever they can get while giving as little as possible. A positive motivation toward a job well done is no longer the strongest deterrent to sloppy or negligent performance, although many do manage to retain that perspective. By and large the new motivation is merely to perform well enough to keep the job for as long as possible, all other aspirations having been tainted by the destabilization.
Finally, there is the sociological aspect. As people work more and longer hours, not to get ahead as in times past, but rather only to carry the extra workload, they become increasingly desperate about their futures, which do in fact crumble before their very eyes; their energies for enjoying life are sapped by the longer daily struggle; their children, if they are brave enough to have any, must be entrusted to strangers almost full time; and, society itself suffers as a dissociated and self-centered generation grows up without parental values and guidance. Truth be known, we are already fifteen years into that slide, it having begun in earnest with the get-what-you-can takeover rampage in the early 80's.
This would indicate that training budgets should be increased concurrent with workforce reductions. Discussing re-engineering and reorganization, the AMA states, "Workers who receive training in these new structures and processes are far more likely to improve their productivity, which in turn leads to increased profits."
Of those firms reporting increased training budgets, 68% reported immediate and 79% reported long-term improvements in profits. Compare this with the 40% immediate and 41% long-term improvements in profits of firms who reduced training budgets. As for productivity, of those firms reporting increased training budgets, 44% reported immediate and 70% reported long-term improvements, contrasted with the 31% immediate and only 37% long-term productivity improvements in firms who reduced training budgets.
Although the AMA reports focus on worker training, our own experience with our clients indicates that these numbers translate directly to management training. In times of downsizing and reorganizations where one of the objectives is the flattening of the organization (elimination of layers of middle management), more people who are relatively untrained in management find themselves confronting greater management burdens - more people, greater responsibility, heavier project workload. In this environment there is little room remaining for a casual approach to management skills. People are not born with management ability. If they were, it could not have been said that 97% of all families are dysfunctional. Therefore, to assume that people can bring their life experience of dealing with other people to work, as their primary reference base for management skills, is unsound reasoning.
At Articulate Management, we remain more convinced than ever that management training, particularly in personnel interactions, is as essential as technical training.
Because employees recognize that training is expensive, they readily see that the corporation that invests in their skills is not attempting to improve profits merely by reducing payroll. Further, they feel more empowered by the training, and in fact they are more empowered by it, to take a greater hand in their destinies within, and if necessary outside of, the corporation that makes the investment in them. They appreciate the investment in themselves, and tend to become more cost-conscious in return. As a result their demoralization is largely reversed and they work harder (smarter, with effective training). And if in fact they are cut later, they usually contribute less to the negative word-of-mouth that tends to follow layoffs.
Since profits are a function of effectiveness and productivity, profits are increased by anything that improves effectiveness and productivity. The improved morale and enhanced skills that come from quality training go far in this direction.
Managers, often the least-trained of all employees for their positions, having been promoted in most cases from the superior ranks of the technically skilled, benefit even more from training than do workers. Training managers in the technically-neglected fields of interpersonal relations takes them over the barriers imposed by being promoted, as it were, from an area of competence into an area of ignorance. Effectively trained managers, meaning those who have learned constructive methods and approaches to facilitating the corporate and professional accomplishments of their subordinates, are assets to both their subordinates and their company. Thus a double-benefit argument can be made in support of management training.
Training, an idea whose benefits have too often been questioned or unacknowledged, is always a good idea, given the moving target of being fully informed. Training after layoffs is a particularly good idea, one whose benefits have now been proven.
1995 AMA Survey on Downsizing and Assistance to Displaced Workers
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Bath Fan Ducting
Not sure if this is the correct place for this topic, but here it goes: I'm in a new construction phase as a owner/builder and need to vent two bath/ceiling fans from the master bath. Can I share the ducting to vent and exit to an outside wall for two fans? The problem is that I have long runs (about 10-12 feet) to an exterior wall due to the configuration of the joists.
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Thank you ahead of time for your help!
Check out single & multi port in-line ventilators: http://www.broan.com/product-category.asp?CategoryID=573
Additional thought: The multi port in line ventilators allow up to 4 intakes and combine into one output. Also, consider installing one intake in the wall at the toilet level to remove odors. The ones in the ceiling work good for steam but not too well for smells.
Doyle, thanks for the help. I'm wondering though (and I checked your link out) will that unit as best you can tell fit between and "in" joists? My joists are 16" on center and 2 X 12's. Thank you...
Yes, those in-line units will fit in the joist space but not wall spaces. They are designed to be placed in the basement or attic spaces and will fit. May want to request more info from company. Usually can order through one of the local home Depots or L-O-W-E-S.
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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said he has a "great deal of sympathy" with patients who do not want to be treated by a doctor or nurse wearing a full-face veil.
Mr Hunt said if he was a patient he would want to see his doctor or nurse's face. But he insisted the matter was one for professionals rather than politicians to address.
He was speaking after Health Minister Dan Poulter launched a review into health service guidelines on full-face veils to ensure patients always have "appropriate face-to-face contact".
Asked whether patients have the right to demand not to be treated by a doctor or nurse wearing a veil, Mr Hunt told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "They have the right to say that and I have a great deal of sympathy for that, but I do think this should be a professional matter and not a political matter, and that's why I think the people who should be pronouncing on this are the body responsible for professional standards and not the politicians."
Later, he told BBC Breakfast: "I think it is very important that patients do get proper contact with the doctors and nurses who are looking after them. Certainly if I was a patient myself, I'd want to be able to see the face of the doctor or nurse who was treating me. But I think this is a matter for the professional standards bodies, which is why one of my ministers has written to the GMC (General Medical Council), that regulates the standards for doctors."
Dr Poulter has ordered a review of current advice and asked regulators to devise new uniform rules.
"I am proud of the rich ethnic diversity of our healthcare workforce and support appropriate religious and cultural freedoms, but a vital part of good patient care is effective verbal and non-verbal communication," Dr Poulter told The Daily Telegraph.
"Being unable to see a healthcare professional's face can be a barrier to good and empathetic communication with patients and their families. That is why I am writing to all healthcare regulators to ask them to look into this matter and to review their professional regulations, to ensure that there is always appropriate face-to-face contact between healthcare professionals and their patients."
A ban on staff wearing the full-face veil when dealing with patients has already been introduced at 17 NHS hospitals, according to the newspaper. Home Secretary Theresa May insisted it is for women to ''make a choice'' about what clothes they wear, including veils, but said there will be some circumstances when it will be necessary to ask for them to be removed.
Earlier this week a judge ruled that a Muslim woman will be allowed to stand trial while wearing a full-face veil but must remove it while giving evidence. The ruling followed calls by Home Office Minister Jeremy Browne for a national debate on whether the state should step in to prevent young women having the veil imposed upon them.


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Under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, Council has responsibility for identifying the area's heritage assets and protecting them through environmental planning instruments.
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A Heritage Conservation Area is an area containing many different elements which collectively have heritage significance. It is an area in which its historical origins and contributory elements create a sense of place that the community values.
To check whether your property is located within a Heritage Conservation Area, search Schedule 5 of Moree Plains Local Environmental Plan 2011, apply for a Section 149 Zoning Certificate or contact Councils Planning Team for advice.
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The Moree Plains Development Control Plan DCP 2013 Chapter 7– Heritage Conservation Area Shopfront and Façade Policy applies to development that is situated on land within a heritage conservation area. This chapter Supplements the provisions of the Moree Plains LEP 2011, Describes the heritage significance of the Conservation Area, i.e. why the area is culturally important, Identifies the contributory criteria which contribute to the area's distinctive identity and sense of place and Provides conservation guidelines to ensure development is sympathetic to the cultural heritage significance of the conservation area and ensure the conservation of individual heritage items identified in the Moree Plains Local Environmental Plan 2011.
A heritage item is defined as a building, work, archaeological site, tree or place that has heritage significance. Heritage items can be built or natural forms, archaeological or maritime heritage, movable heritage or items/sites that are significant to Aboriginal people.
There are 29 heritage items and 11 identified archaeological sites in the LEP 2011.
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This post is just a partial repeat of the post on the Classroom - it is here to notify those that aren't regulars over on the Classroom that the new dies are in and if you see them on our store then they are ready to ship. If you click on a link and find the message that no product is found, that means that we are currently out of stock of that particular item. Please contact us at email@example.com with any questions you may have.
I am happy to tell you that many of the new dies are available now in our store. For the best selection be certain to shop early! Following is a list of the new dies and a direct link to each item:
- Nestability Dies - Circle, Pinked Large and Small (Please note that for a fit similar to what you are familiar with when layering the Scallops and Basic Circles it is just the opposite for the Pinked Circles. I hope to post a picture later today to show you what I mean being a picture is worth a thousand words and I know that you don't want to read through a thousand words and still not get what it is that I'm trying to say - LOL!)
- Nestability Dies - Labels One
- Nestability Dies - Labels Two
- Nestability Dies - Labels, Small (The large are not here and I'm not certain when the expected ship date is for these. Unfortunately the packaging on the small dies was done incorrectly. We are doing our best to "fix" the problem by putting homemade labels on the sets. The packaging is for the Large Labels and is a purple color, but these Small Labels will work the same - it is only the size that is different. Please be aware of this when they arrive so that you don't order the small ones when the large ones are available.)
- Nestability Dies - Rectangles, Curved Mega
- Nested Bird, Butterfly and Flower
- Border Dies Large - Daisy, Rose, Wisteria, and Illumination
- Border Dies Small - Daisy, Rose, Deckle and Scallop
- Other Dies - Cupcakes, Decorative Frames, Sunflower Garden, Sunflower Set One and Sunflower Set Two
We also have brought in additional Magnetic Storage Folders to help you keep your dies organized and together. You can see this post for pictures showing how these folders work.
We will do our best to get your orders out to you in a timely fashion. We have tried our best to list all sizes with each item and are happy to answer any questions you may have. We thank you so much for your support!


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TARZANA (CBSLA.com) — A Jewish temple in Tarzana was evacuated Sunday following a report of an unattended suitcase.
A LAPD spokesperson told CBS2/KCAL9 the bag was found in front of the building, located in the 5400 block of Lindley Avenue, at approximately 9:10 a.m. Sunday.
A LAPD bomb squad was called to the scene, prompting the evacuation of Sunday school students.
Investigators determined the bag did not contain explosives.
The owner of the suitcase was found.


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Small All-Over Braids for African-American Brides
Dealing with the overall look of a bride has never been so easy. This is due to the fact that there are so many things to take into account, ranging from the tip of the bride's top to her hairstyle. The hairstyle is apparently the most important aspect to deal with since the hairstyle will be the crowning jewels, apart from the other accessories and the wedding gown.
The choice of hairstyle will vary, to some great extent, based on the personal preference of the bride herself and, without a doubt, the setting of the wedding.
As there are numerous aspects to consider, wearing a versatile hairstyle can indeed be a smart choice as the bride will not have to bother with the hairstyle yet still appear fascinating. Braided hairstyle can be great option for that very purpose.
The last idea of braided hairstyle to choose is the Small All-Over Braids. Many small braids which are worn all over the head looks so flattering on many African-American women, and the hairstyle is quite simple to maintain.
A bride who has braids can simple wear them in various ways throughout the wedding week events, which include an updo for the wedding day.
Part some of the braids far on the side and then sweep them across the forehead, pinning them right behind your ears.
Next, you should twist the other braids up into chignon bun created at the base of your head, if they are long enough, or you can create them in a high simple twist at the top of the head for shorter braids.


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As most of you probably know by now, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has gotten himself into hot water as a known client of a sex ring / high priced escort service.
The charges that Spitzer face are quite serious, too:
- Violating the Mann Act, which carries a penalty of up to 20 years imprisonment for knowingly persuading or inducing any individual to cross state lines for the purposes of prostitution.
- Structuring: creating a series of financial movements designed to evade reporting requirements for large transactions and to obscure the true purpose of the payments. The maximum penalty is five years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
- Prostitution (up to 90 days in jail, or a fine of up to $500, or both, for the first offense.)
Not enough can be said about just how idiotic Spitzer's behavior is, especially considering that he is the former Attorney General of New York, whose former career was supposedly based on fighting corruption. In fact, it was only four years ago when he boasted about busting up a massive prostitution ring, promising to send sex workers and ring organizers away for up to 25 years.
Amazingly enough, Spitzer doesn't seem like he's planning on resigning anytime soon. He even referred to it as a "private matter" in his press conference yesterday, despite the obvious implication that it is now anything but. Certainly, it's not viewed that way by most New Yorkers. A new SurveyUSA poll indicates that a 58%-32% majority of New Yorkers say that Spitzer should resign.
The survey also indicates that support for his resignation cuts across all demographics — gender, age, race, party, ideology, marital status, region, and support for presidential candidates — with the only variation being in by just how much these different groups want him to go.
But will he go?! I kind of doubt he will do so without a great deal of prodding, in part because this whole issue is becoming politicized. You see, both Spitzer and his possible replacement are Clinton superdelegates. If Spitzer steps down, his replacement would gain control of Spitzer's superdelegate vote, but lose control of his own, and would be unable to name a replacement... thereby losing Hillary Clinton one delegate in the presidential race.
As a result, expect Clinton's supporters to spend the next several months defending a corrupt, hypocritical lame duck politician, who potentially faces multiple years in prison, on multiple counts of several of the aforementioned crimes. (As you might note, this is historically a pretty normal "state of affairs" for diehard Clinton supporters.)
So, what is it about hopelessly damaged New York politicians that they won't step aside and give another skilled party member a chance, instead of dragging their party and everything they stand for down in a pique of total career suicide?! Just sayin'...
NY Gov. Spitzer -- a corrupt, hypocritical idiot.
As most of you probably know by now, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has gotten himself into hot water as a known client of a sex ring / high priced escort service.
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i am not sure in this case but it looks that either you are running out of virtual memory or the file that you are trying to extract is too big for the the free memory available in the target location....
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can anyone tell me hoe to compress files with kbg archiever.its extremely good van compress 19 GB to 154 KB?
There is NO WAY you can convert a 19 GB file to 154 KB. You're dreaming...
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KBG is the best but takes to long, long, long and long use winrar, not so good but u dont have to wait 5 hrs to get 1 gb from 5gb
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Is there any Free Software to check who else is monitoring your computer machine to trace net activities?
You can use a keylogger program like KBG keylogger to check if anyone else is physicly using your PC...
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All these rar compressor programs are lies because alI they do is stay the same for mac, i've seen smaller?
Compressor programs look for areas where they can minimise the amount of 'wasted' space, for example if you have 7 files of the same type they will all have the same header so you can store one copy of the header and cut it from the others. Other...
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I found this web site: http://rapidcompress.blogspot.com/2007/07/super-compressed-movie-kgb-compressed.html
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Hi Nicholas. Maybe, just maybe I can help you here. It may work or it may not. I have the Yamaha PSR 1500. I found that if I had any problem like yours, all I had to do was this...
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The University is partnering up with British Basketball for the GB vs Greece Senior Men's International game next month at the Copper Box Arena in London.
And as an official partner for the game on Saturday 19 August, staff and students at the University can enjoy a third off the price of the tickets.
The University is also extending its relationship with British Basketball as a training venue for its Under 20 Men's team.
British Basketball Chief Executive, Lisa Wainwright, said: "The University of Essex has always provided us with outstanding facilities and services whenever we host camps or events there. We're looking forward to working with them on the game."
The University's Director of Sport Dave Parry added: "The University of Essex is proud to be a commercial partner of British Basketball for the match against Greece. We are committed to supporting the game of basketball from grass roots to elite performance, through our community projects and junior teams, up to our basketball scholarship programme.
"We are delighted that we are again hosting Great Britain teams for training camps at our facilities, and hope to continue to do so in future, particularly when our new £11m three-court facility opens later this year."
• Check the British Basketball website for further details of tickets with the discount code.


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Thursday marks the best day of the year -- 7-Eleven Day aka Free Slurpee Day.
But instead of the paltry 7.11 oz free drinks Dallas-based 7-Eleven normally gives out in celebration, the company has cupgraded (our term) the promotion to give participants a free small-sized Slurpee.
It is a sizable cupgrade (there's that portmanteau again) that nearly doubles the amount of Slurpee to flow freely from the spigots of frozen slush.
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Participating stores nationwide will offer the drinks from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. or while supplies last.


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Spring Cleaning for the Soul: An Earth Day Yoga & Meditation Retreat
Join Amy Hyun Swart and Elizabeth McKinley for four days and three nights of yoga and meditation to recenter and renew on the Russian River in Sonoma County. Daily yoga and meditation practices, nourishing organic meals, community connection, and space for solace in nature will support you in letting go, realigning with your true self, and planting seeds for a thriving future.
We will share daily morning guided meditations, all-levels hatha yoga, restorative yoga, and other practices and rituals. In celebration of Earth Day we will explore how our connection to the self is linked with the natural world and how we can renew our sense of balance.
There will also be plenty of space for enjoying the pool and hot tub, hiking, exploring the Russian River, solo time, journaling and bonding with friends new and old.
We will gather at a private estate of nearly 100 acres in Forestville, CA on the Russian River, about 1.5 hours north of San Francisco. Exact location will be given to participants upon registration.
Our food will be prepared by Rachael Gorjestani of The Cupboard SF, which means it is going to be delicious and energizing, a treat for all senses. All meals are vegetarian, organic, and gluten free and can be made vegan upon request.
daily hatha and restorative yoga practices
group ritual and expressive arts
delicious organic vegetarian meals by Rachael Gorjestani
three nights of beautiful and spacious lodging
Twin bed in a room with two other guests; Shared bathroom; Early bird rate until January 5th, 2017; $720 after January 5th
Queen bed in a private room; Requires two guests to register together (total of $1460) as bed is shared in private room; Early bird rate until January 5th, 2017; $780 after January 5th
Queen bed in private room; Early bird rate until January 5th, 2017; $970 after January 5th
For those of you who have paid your initial deposit outside of WeTravel and want to pay the remaining balance here, select this option.


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Two-thirds of Americans are overweight, obese, morbidly obese or beyond. I'd say more than two-thirds of people who need to lose weight, well, actually EVERYONE who needs to lose weight wants it to be easy.
Marketing experts know this. They know if they tell you that you can lose 10 pounds in 10 days without changing the way you eat, you will buy whatever they are selling. With 318 million Americans that means the potential market is 212 million. If only 10% buy a $10 product, that person becomes a millionaire even with no repeat sales.
You know it's not true that you can lose 10 pounds in 10 days without changing the way you eat, but by just taking a little pill. And yet the thought creeps into your mind, but what if it works? And then you can get three bottles for the price of two and so, of course you buy it and upgrade.
Let me be really clear, when someone promises you "easy" they are feeding you a lie.
Most people who are or have been overweight know making a concentrated effort will make it possible to lose weight for a season. However, after reaching goal weight, the majority go back to how they were eating before and gain the weight back.
Then, they feel destined to be overweight. "There's nothing I can do about it. I'll just eat the way I want to eat." And the weight comes back on plus more.
To lose weight and keep it off, you must make permanent changes which start with changing your mindset, your entire way of thinking. You must change your lifestyle, including your attitudes about food and your ideals about what real happiness is. Hint: Real happiness is not found in eating whatever you want, whenever you want it.
It's not just being cognizant of what you eat and how you move, but why you eat what you eat and why you refuse to move…at all.
You are resistant to move out of what has become comfortable. You want to be able to do things the same way and lose weight, too. I know. I felt the same way. Then, I learned a hard truth.
In order to step over into the arena of being healthy—spirit, soul and body—you have to change. Change is good. Change is being recreated into the image of what God wants for your life.
"For we are God's poetry, a recreated people who will fulfill the destiny He has given each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born God planned in advance our destiny and the good works we would do to fulfill it."1
In order to become recreated, you have to change.
You no longer stuff your emotions or feed them with unhealthy foods to keep them quiet. You appreciate the wonderful mechanism God made–your body. And you realize your spirit is meant to lead you in connection with God's Spirit.
This is where freedom2 comes, when you deny yourself the things your flesh craves3 and allow God's Spirit to lead you to become free and healthy, the way God intended for you to be.
When you live in that realm, you live in the realm of limitless possibilities. When you have totally put God's Spirit in control of all of you, He can entrust you with a significant assignment.
Are you one of the 212 million who will dare to be different? Are you one who is ready to totally change, to transform into the kind of person who can step over into His destiny for you?
1 Ephesians 2:10 TPT
2 Galatians 5:1 TPT
3 Matthew 16:24 NLT
If you are tired of staying where you are or going backwards, now's the time to do something about it. We've got two great programs for you. First, if you want to work at your own pace and begin with the basics,Sweet Change 101: Seven Keys for the Weight Loss Journey is our entry level video short course. It includes two free months in Sweet Change Weight Loss Coaching Group and a three-month payment plan.
If you just want to dive right into Sweet Change Weight Loss Coaching Group that's also available. The choice is yours. Whichever you do, my best suggestion is don't wait. Do something today.


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Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, returned home to Najaf Thursday, along with thousands of demonstrators, in a bid to end a bloody three-week uprising by radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Late in the day, his aides announced a peace deal had been reached.
An aide to rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr says a peace deal has been reached to end a three-week uprising by al-Sadr militants, known as the Mahdi army.
The terms of the five-point deal include declaring Najaf and nearby Kufa weapons-free zones and moving foreign forces out of the area. Al-Sadr militants will disarm and security will be left to the Iraqi police. The government will also pay compensation to victims of the fighting.
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani clinched the peace agreement less than 24 hours after returning to Najaf from London where he had been treated for a heart ailment.
Prime Minister Iyad Allawi had ordered a 24-hour ceasefire while Ayatollah Sistani held peace talks with Moqtada al-Sadr's representatives.
The announcement is being greeted with cautious optimism. Previous peace bids brokered by the interim government have not lasted but Ayatollah Sistani does wield enormous influence among Iraqi Shi'ites.
Earlier Thursday, tens of thousands of Shi'ite demonstrators responded to Ayatollah Sistani's call to march to the holy Imam Ali shrine in Najaf to try to end a siege there. Militants loyal to firebrand cleric al-Sadr have been holed up for three weeks inside the shrine.
U.S. and Iraqi forces have been locked in battle with the militants for control of Najaf, inflicting heavy civilian casualties and property damage.
Tragedy also struck in nearby Kufa Thursday when a mortar attack killed more than 70 Shi'ite demonstrators and wounded more than 300 others.
In other news, smoke still billowed Thursday from several burning oil pipelines after they were hit by saboteurs late Wednesday. Oil exports are reported to have been cut by a third.
And, a militant group calling itself 'Black Banners Division of the Secret Army' says it will release seven employees of a Kuwaiti company when the company leaves Iraq. The group has dropped its other demands.


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Jan D.
When Jan D. was still an undergraduate in architecture school in Delft in his native Holland, he already won a national contest for an urban design for the center of Rotterdam. After graduating Jan D. traveled widely over the world, and became interested in the design of smaller objects, later also in jewelry ....... . From the large scale of urban design to the small scale of jewelry: Jan D. has come full circle .


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|McDonald's Singapore Chicken Clubhouse
|McDonald's Singapore Beef Clubhouse
|Look at all those grilled onions I didn't get...
|Even the promo photos make the chicken look better...
Location - McDonald's Springleaf Tower & McDonald's Parklane, Singapore
Price - $8.60SGD = $6.13USD
Calories - Unknown
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|Holiday's always remind me of Clubhouse sandwiches as well?
Another month, another week long trip down to Singapore...The day after I was able to visit the McDonald's Thailand popup store in Bangkok (which has since re-opened and as of 22 December 2015 still sells the Spicy Namtok Kurobuta Burger) I flew down to Singapore for work. The Samurai Burger which was available during both my last two trips had finally finished it's annual run, and McDonald's Singapore launched a Christmas themed "Clubhouse Burger" promotion. Both Grilled Chicken and Beef variants of the "Clubhouse" were available, both aside from the different meat patty, had identical ingredients, and neither were anything close to resembling a Clubhouse sandwich...
The Clubhouse included either a skinless grilled chicken patty, or a quarter pounder beef patty, topped with the glazed bun and white cheddar cheese that's available at the Create Your Taste locations, a whole leaf leaf of lettuce, Big Mac sauce (they don't even try and hide this as a "promo sauce" it's clearly mentioned on the side of the box that it's Bic Mac sauce), tomato, grilled onions, and the worst turkey bacon I've had in my life, but I'll talk about that a bit more later.
I want to first speak about the difference between the two burgers. Long time readers know that when there are two meat variants of the same burger, I typically only try one for a review. This time was supposed to be no different. I was met up with some Twitter follower friends one evening after work, and we all tried the Beef Clubhouse. Since I was busy talking, and The Wife wasn't with me, I didn't pay as much attention to the burger as I usually would, and only after I had finished the meal did I realise that there was so little grilled onion on my burger that I couldn't really taste it, and I didn't even know it was supposed to be a topping until I ended up having the Chicken! I thought that there wasn't really anything that special about the promo, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't great, so it was definitely a middle of the road 2.5, it just ended up being pretty much a Bacon Quarter Pounder with Big Mac sauce.
A few days later, we were having a company meal where a few team members had a bit too much to drink (not me) and proposed a late night McDonald's run. Since I was pretty hungry as well, The Wife and I split the Chicken variant. The softness of the grilled chicken patty was noticeably better than the somewhat dry beef patty I had a few days earlier, but it really made me realise how terrible the "premium" piece of turkey bacon was. McDonald's Singapore (together with Malaysia and Indonesia) is halal, so pork bacon is out of the question and turkey bacon and sausage are rarely mentioned substitute. Many people despise turkey bacon, but I generally prefer it (as I do Turkey Spam) as it's leaner, and even when I've had it at McDonald's before, I've never had an issue with it. This Clubhouse burger introduced a thicker piece of bacon, I guess it was trying to be similar to the Australian rasher of bacon, but it truly was terrible. It was tough, salty and disgusting, I'm shocked I didn't really notice it the first time around.
|The bacon that will give me nightmares.
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Ride safari trucks into field exhibits.
A separate admission ticket or membership is required for Park entry.
If you need admission check out our options here!
Please check SD Zoo website to see the difference in prices. It is the same tour, but just different pricing depending on the day you want to go!
Inside Look Tour: Surprise, Elephant and Friends or Giraffe and Friends
Value Student or Chaperone: $105
Standard Student or Chaperone: $110
Peak Student or Chaperone: $117
Travel by cart and on foot with your personal guide and see the Zoo the way everyone wishes they could!
A separate admission ticket or membership is required for Zoo entry.
Maximum of 2 children per adult; children 15 years old and younger must be accompanied by a paid adult. All tour participants require a ticket, regardless of age.
Ordering Information:
Place your order directly with your school.
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Once your order has been placed by your school we will send you an email confirmation that will have the redemption form. Please fill out that form and put the exact tour and date you would like and we will purchase your tickets for you.
**If anyone in your party requires the use of a wheelchair during the tour, after booking please call 619-718-3000.


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I wanted to call this salad a "Sushi Salad", but Jon insisted that sushi implied fish and he didn't want to mislead our viewers to think we were veganizing a recipe. Our goal together is to bring healthy meal ideas to everyone and to not discriminate against omnivores. I completely concur...my goal as a Plant-Based Dietitian is to help everyone get healthy, no matter where they are on the omnivore to vegan spectrum. Thus, after playing with ideas for names including "Un-Sushi Salad", "Sumo Salad" and "Sayonara Salad, we decided to go with the obvious and to just name the unique ingredients...hence the title. Regardless, this is my new favorite salad and I cannot wait to eat it again.
It was a crazy experiement that ended up successful. I simply combined nori (seaweed sheets used to wrap sushi in that is FILLED with hard-to-find minerals like calcium, iron and iodine), salad mix (bagged for convenience with lettuce, carrots and red cabbage), shelled edamame, matchstick cucumbers, avocado and pickled ginger. I topped it off my tossing the mix in a store-bought miso dressing. YUM! I cannot recommend this salad enough. I guarantee you will love it and so will your body! Domo arigato and sayonara!!!


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POBAL, the advocacy organisation for the Irish-speaking community, has said that Arlene Foster's comments about an Irish language act are "sectarian politicking".
Janet Muller, Pobal's Director, said: "Sadly, Irish speakers have learned to have very low expectations of DUP politicians, but these are entirely inappropriate comments from the leader of a political party, even in the artificial atmosphere of an election campaign."
She added: "The 2011 Census shows 10.65 per cent of the population of the north has knowledge of Irish. It is time that our language rights were recognised and protected from this kind of sectarian politicking."
DUP leader Arlene Foster said her party will never agree to an Irish Language Act.
Addressing a party event yesterday she suggested that perhaps a Polish language act should be implemented because more people here speak Polish than Irish.
Speaking about Sinn Féin's desire for the act she said: "This characterisation of we should have given something to Sinn Féin to keep them appeased is not the way I do business." She then added: "If you feed a crocodile it will keep coming back for more."
Michelle O'Neill would say only that she was "not interested in negativity" while Gerry Adams responded to the jibe by saying "See you later, alligator."
An Irish Language Act is a key factor for Sinn Féin going into the Assembly election.
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood tweeted: "Arlene Foster doesn't get it. She's entitled to disagree with us on Irish Language Act but she can't insult us and sneer at an entire community."
Naomi Long tweeted: "Time to quit the pre-match trash talk & act like leaders: show some respect, stop being divisive, and keep your promises."


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SMM 2014: Offshore, Recruiting Featured Topics
Offshore energy, whether oil, gas or wind, faces a tightening regime of restrictions.
In Germany, for example, the German Federal Bureau of Maritime Traffic and Hydrography (BSH) recently updated its standards for offshore wind energy units, offshore converter and inverter stations, and subsea high-power transfer cables. But regardless of the unclear political environment, the offshore industry continues to expand, a fact reflected in the order books of shipyards. Some recent achievements include: The Norwegian Fjellstrand shipyard in Oma completed the construction of "Siem Moxie", a so-called "Infield Support Vessel". Maersk ordered a new cable-laying vessel from the Dutch Damen shipbuilding group. The ship will be a "Damen Offshore Carrier DOC 8500" type. Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) likewise received an order from the offshore segment: Two identical ships designed specifically for oil production installations will be built for the Norwegian company Siem Offshore. A ship expected to revolutionise the offshore market is the "High Glow Installation Vessel" (HF 4). This specialized construction vessel developed jointly by the British engineering firm Mojo Maritime and the Hamburg-based ship-owner Hammonia Reederei is designed for Dynamic Positioning (DP) operations in currents as strong as ten knots.
The offshore market is obviously in good health. But what does the industry need, and which shipyards are able to benefit? What does this mean for suppliers of marine equipment? Answering these and other questions will be the purpose of the Offshore Dialogue on 11 September, the designated "Offshore Day" of SMM 2014, the leading international maritime trade fair. More than 500 experts will discuss the synergies, development potential and challenges of the offshore segment. As in previous years, this year's SMM Offshore Dialogue will be supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economy and Energy.
SMM is the foremost event of the maritime industry. This year it will take place from 9 to 12 September. For the first time, each day of the fair will be highlighting one specific topic. "This concept allows us to focus on the truly important issues of our industry, and cover them in-depth. In our conferences and workshops highly distinguished experts from around the world will introduce the audience to the most recent trends in each of the featured fields of expertise," says Bernd Aufderheide, President and CEO Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH. Apart from Offshore, the five featured topics at SMM will include Finance, Maritime Environmental Protection, Recruiting as well as Security and Defence.
The search for talent
Another urgent topic challenging the industry is the severe shortage of skilled staff for the shipbuilding and supply industries. According to a recent survey conducted by the German Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Association (VCSM), the German maritime industry needs around 140 new shipbuilding engineers per year. However, Germany's six maritime engineering schools produce no more than 90 graduates annually. Qualified engineers can count on successful careers at shipyards or in the shipbuilding supply chain, which includes classification societies, ship model testing facilities and ship-owning companies. Applicants not only need a solid technical and scientific background. Increasingly employers are looking for skills such as foreign languages, project management and logistics expertise, along with so-called soft skills, from communication and presentation skills through to mobility and an intercultural mindset. Therefore education and professional training programmes offered by universities and naval academies are high on the agenda.
SMM's Recruiting Day on 12 September will join trainers, employers and applicants, providing a job service platform to help human resources executives from the industry attract job seekers and provide information about industry-specific education and training programmes offered by employers. Companies and institutes will present themselves on the "Maritime Career Market". As a special service, secondary school and university-level students will be admitted to the fair free of charge on 12 September.


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Sunday, July 05, 2015 3:08:32 PM
Oh, this brings back memories. For those trolls that will surely call me a liar and require PROOF and are cerebrally challenged: click on "Show/Hide quoted message" so that you can see the message I am responding to. This is batshit crazy Gloria, in her own words, writing about how Rob WILL NOT SIGN for her. See Day 5, The Dilemma Day. Also in day 4, Rob would not personalize for Gloria. And if you need more PROOF, click on her name and view all her posts. Back in 2013, she was begging for Rob to sign an autograph for her birthday.....
GREAT JOB Jayne!! Thank you for protecting The Metal God
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by GLORIAROMANA S.-THE QUEEN OF METAL GOD-ROB HALFORD from Saturday, July 23, 2011 4:09:53 AM)
GLORIAROMANA S.-THE QUEEN OF METAL GOD-ROB HALFORD wrote:
Your Judas Priest last show in Romania,Bucharest,3 July,2011,from 'Rock the City' fest, organize by D&D East Entertainment and Rock FM, which was a Unique show, dignified of a last one, in which you offer us Romanians the well known set list of some of them known songs including my favorite one Blood Red Skies, after which you Rob used your 'I love You 'words, a show in which you used your legendary but new vocalize with us, and in which you shows us again his hot Harley, a show in which you still surprising us with your technical abilities even at your old age, and also with your new cool lights effects, fires, smoke and chains, and your cool changes of scenary of stage, changes of instruments and changes of your clothes from a song to other, a show to which I went very enthusiastic and from which I expecting to come back more than satisfied with a beautiful memory for life, and that due to the fact that since I heard that you will come again in Romania and for the last time and until the last day before the show, I have enduring lots of moral stress because of my finances, trying to find money for this event, for renting a car to travel to Bucharest, for buying the ticket of the show, and for paying a room hotel there, and all that stress, just because I haven't a job to save from ,I couldn't get from my parents small social help, I couldn't own from my few friends small salary, and neither to loan from a bank without a job proof, the only option remaining to sale some of my dearest things, such as some of my astrology books, music, stamps, postal cards, etc, and also the same stress for trying to finish on time the pack gift that I image to give to you Rob, for your birthday, a idea gift made by my hands, some symbolical ,some like a big scrapbook with covers of a big paint representing my wishing for your birthday, and inside with maps, postal cards, stamps, photos , with some of your most representative interviews for Romanian magazines, some Cd-es with all my letters to your, a flag, and a miniature of Dracula to put it on the walls, all these representative from Romania, but even if all this stress was finished, in the last time before the show, like a miracle, when I got some financial help from my outside net friends, at which I will never can thanks enough for their gestures, and when I got the news from my brother in law that I will can use his car into going to Bucharest, when I got the news from my cousin Flavius Cicireanu, from Bucharest, that work on Radio ZU, that I will can stay in Bucharest in one of his apartments, and when I got from the co- manager of D&D, the firm which took here, Lenti Chiriac, which is the friend of my friend Gianny Painkiller, my friend with which I went to the show, the news that this man still have some tickets for us, and also that he can give to you Rob ,my gift pack prepared for you, also, I came back from the show very sad and with a sad memory that I will never forget, because of a strange thing was happen there, and that is the fact that, even if you didn't had a press conference, and even if you didn't had a autograph and photo session for fans, also I could get an autograph from you Rob, through this Lenti man who met you, but because of some strange things that happened there, I didn't get this autograph anymore, or because of Lenti man fault who forgot to mention my name, or because of your staff fault that he didn't let you Rob to sign, or of because of your own fault Rob that you didn't want to sign for me, or cause you wanted to return me a gift with your signature now on my birthday, or cause you expecting to give me one personally, I don't know, a thing that made me to wonder if my gift pack arrived to you Rob or not, from the same reasons, and faults ,or of Lenti who didn't gave you, or of your Judas who didn't letting you to accept it, or of you Rob, you didn't accepted it, even if you mention in the interview for our Rock Fm, that you would like to have a Dracula in your country too, a sign that maybe you got my pack, but anyway with the autograph was a opportunity that I was a lucky one to have it ,and I lost it forever, and I don't think that you Judas Priest will come ever again in Romania, and I don't know if I will leave until then, and I don't know if I will be again the lucky one to be there, and re-place this sad memory with a happy one, even if you Rob, mention in the same interview, that you hope to come here in Romania once again, but read the all story of my trip to Bucharest and back home to Arad .
, in the morning, I said good bye to my family parents and I leaved my home town Arad, together with my friend Gianny, with the car of my brother in law, passing in our way to Bucharest through some big towns such as 'Deva', 'Alba', 'Sibiu', 'Valcea', and through some beautiful resorts such as, 'Calimanesti'and 'Caciulata' ,and through some big rivers as 'Olt', and beautiful mountains, as 'Zarandului,' Metaliferi', 'Trascaului', 'Poiana Rusca', 'Cindrel',and 'Fagarasului', and in the night we arrived in Bucharest, where we was waiting at the 'Crystal Palace hotel' my cousin that gaved us the key at one of his apartments ,which was located on the street with the 'Erbas hotel', where we should stay in the first, so we go to at the apartment, but in that night too, my friend Gianny, calls Lenti, to inform him that we arrived in Bucharest, and that man call us to meet him in' Heaven and Hell' rock club, so me and my friend, get the subway, and went to this location to meet that man, and there, at a Pepsi glass, we talk about the details about the Judas Priest show, and he also gave us the tickets for the show, and i told him about my pack I prepared for you Rob and i asked him to give to you and also we ask him to ask you Rob an autograph for us, and in the end, we took a taxi and returning at our apartment when we rest over the night until the show day.
, in the morning, me and my friend prepared for the show, we prepared the show clothes, and I prepared the pack for you Rob, and in the afternoon, we took the subway and went to the show location, when we met Lenti, and gave him my gift pack for you, and a box with some CD-es for Rob to sign in for us, and then me and my friend, entered in the show location, where we walk little to see the other fans, and look at the Judas Priest merchandise, and waiting the entry of Whitesnake, that I saw them for the first time here, and which gave us a beautiful show, with some of them beautiful songs, including my favorite " Is this Love", which David Coverdale writing it for his ex. wife Tawny Kitaen, and a song they sing special for us Romanians, after that he kissed our flag, and after a break, we expecting the entry of Judas Priest, you gave us a special show, in which you offer us the well known set list of 21 songs, including my favorite Blood Red Skies, a show in which you,the old members, Scott, Glenn, Ian but special you Rob, and even the new one, Richie, still surprising us with your technical abilities, a show in which they surprising us with your new cool lights effects, fires, smokes and chains, and your cool changes of scenary of stage, changes of instruments and changes of your clothes from a song to other, a show in which your letting us to sing alone all the 'Breaking the Law ' song, a show in which you used some new vocalize with us to test our Romanian musicality, a show in which you shows us again your hot Harley to not forget that your was the first who took a motorcycle on stage, a show in which you Rob didn't forgot to mention that magical words ' I love you' ,in finally a show beautiful to remember and hard to forget, so that is why after the show, when we took a taxi to return in our apartment to rest , it was impossible to do it, and I should do it, if I knew what will happen in the next shock day.
, in the morning, me and my friend, prepared to visit some places in Bucharest, so we took some subways and all the day we visiting some locations, such as the most big rock stores, the' Music Box', 'Midola', and 'Rock Shop', then the 'George Enescu composer Museum'(which was close), the 'George Enescu Atheneum" (which was close too), then the 'Peoples House'( which was close too) ,but we see the 'Palace Hall', the 'Writers Union', the Art Museum', the 'Odeon Cinema', the 'Press Theater', the 'Romanian Academy', the 'Romanian National Bank', then Military Army', and some hotels, such as ' Radisson'(where sit Madonna when she came in Romania),' 'Roberto', and 'Capitol', etc, and in the afternoon, on the way, my friend got a call from Lenti who call us at his D&D firm to tell us about the things he resolved us related to Judas Priest, so we took a taxi and go fast at his firm, where he met us but just for some moments, and he told us that in the show day of 3 July, he met you Rob at the hotel, and he gave you my gift pack and you said 'Thanks ' and took my gift in your room, and also Lenti told us that in the day of 4 July exactly some minutes before he took you the airport, he met you and ask you to sign an autograph for us on one of our Cd-es, so Lenti gave us back our Cd-es and told us that our Nostradamus hard bound book is signed by you Rob for us, but when we looked inside of this, the autograph was signed just for my friend name, and for me NO, and when we asked Lenti why, he told us he don't know why you Rob didn't signed for me too, and Lenti told us that when he gave you to sign for us, he didn't observed that my name is not there to ask him why, and when he look inside and observed that my name is not there, was too late to meet you to ask him why, so that was the only answer we got, then we came back in our apartment, when we resting over the night, a night that I will probably never forget, cause I was sleeping so hard, with lots of questions in my mind about why Rob didn't signed for me, and I woke up in the night crying, over a bad dream about what happened ,a thing that put me in my mind a dilemma day.
, in the morning, I wake up crying over a bad dream I got with you Rob, and when I realized that all what happen yesterday, the fact that you didn't signed for me was true, I was destroyed, psichicaly and phisicaly, and I didn't had lust to do anything, and neither to go in town, I done just the usually things ,I eating ,I do a bath, and I slept all the day, and also I tried to find the all possible variantes for which you didn't signed for me, i even arrived to think that maybe this Lenti forgot my name when he asked you to sign for me too and he asked to sign just for my friend because he knew him more long time ago than me, and maybe Lenti wanted to be diplomatic with us and told us he asked you to sign for both, and if is that, then I can be just upset on Lenti into considering that will be enough if on the autograph will appear just my friend name, or maybe was your fault, maybe when Lenti asked to sign for both, maybe you FORGOT about my name, and you remembered just my friend name, and in that case, I am upset on you in being such superficial, or maybe you COULDN'T signed for me because of the staff which was around you and they didn't letting him do that, in special if around you, was Jayne, that I remembered what things she said to me about you, when she asked me to not call you, to not write you and to not search for you anymore cause you will never call me ,or write me, or search me, you will never give me a sign, or an autograph, and in that case I just can have a bad opinion about how your management rule your own life finally, or maybe you didn't WANT to sign for me, cause you are a gay man, and in that I just can be upset on your way to judge the peoples over their sexuality, or maybe you didn't signed for me cause you thought that from some reasons I don't DESERVE your signature, and in that case I just can be upset on what blind you can be at all the signs from one of his most dedicated fans, me, or maybe you didn't signed for me cause you though that you will want to SEND me on my home address a gift with your signature or maybe you thought that you will want to sign one for me PERSONALY one day, but is too hard for me to think at this being possible, but anyway you rejecting into sign for me, made me to wonder if you accepted finally my gift pack or you throw it, and if you also accepted, I don't know if you liked it or not, or maybe you neither received it, and maybe Lenti wanted to be diplomatic with us again, and told us that he gave you, I don't know, are lots questions that will remain without answer forever, cause Lenti can't tell me more, and you can't answer me personally, anyway, any glad I was about the autograph that my friend took from you, its seems that from all what happened to me, he had not the same feelings for his own autograph, considering that if I didn't got one, he didn't want his own too, and he destroyed it and get it fire, a thing that really shocked me at my friend, a thing that nobody could do it, anyway I slept hard that night, knowing that next day I will must to do some to forget about this thing, maybe a visitings day.
, in the morning, I tried to do some to forget somehow about all what happened, and with my friend , we got some subways and we went to visit some other places in Bucharest, such as the 'George Enescu composer Museum', where are placed all the musical souvenirs from his personal and musical life and where I was more than honor to write some things in their guest book, and also we saw the 'Composers Union' which was founded by same Enescu for to sustain the young good composers, then we saw the 'George Enescu Atheneum ' where is the room where he done most of his concerts and also where is keeping every year the 'George Enescu International Contest', hoping that the next day to arrive again in Sinaia Spa, in 'Cumpatu Ward', at 'Luminis House' ,the memorial house of George Enescu, the house he building for his love life, the Maruca Princess, and hoping to see the 'Peles Castles', the most luxuriant we have, where George Enescu was invited to play and where he met and falling in love with his Maruca Princess, with which he married after a controversate love history ,over years of correspondence and secret meetings, because they didn't had the right to be together, even if they love each other, and also hoping that one day to arrive for the first time, to visit his natal house in Botosani town, in Liveni , where he was born, and also his funerals in France, Paris, at Per La Chaise, with the hope that one day, someone, a person with a good intention but enough rich and enough powerfull, to take Enescu's tomb from French people who stoled us and didn't want to gave us back, and will move it in Romania, how he always dreamt, anyway then we saw the 'People House' , the most luxuriant building in Romania, which was founded by and where lived our most bad president Nicolae Ceausescu, then we saw the 'Lion Statue' and the 'Marriott Hotel',where you sit, and in the evening we went at the Sun Plaza ,the most big market from Bucharest, when we buyed us some food for home, and we came back at the apartment where we sleep over night until the next another visitings day.
, in the morning, me and my friend left the Bucharest ,but because of to not come back home with such sad memories, we decided like in our way back home ,to stop in other places too, so we passing through Sinaia spa where we visiting the 'Cumpatu Ward', the 'Luminis House' ,the memorial house of George Enescu, the most beautiful fairy tale house, and then the 'Peles Castles', the most luxuriant we have, then we saw the 'Bran Castle', the most horrified castle, knowing as the Dracula Castle, which was build for our Vlad Tepes, which was known as our most horrified president with the bad and rich peoples, but right with the good and poor ones, and from where he got the name of Dracula, and in the evening we arrived on 'Transfagarasan Road', where we camp on the same camping over the night until the back trip day.
, in the morning, me and my friend, passing with the car over the 'Transfagarasanu Road', one of the most beautiful roads in the world, until to 'Balea Lake' and 'Balea Hut', and there we let the car down, and we climbing up on the 'Fagarasului Mountains' until at 2479 meters almost of 2507 where is the 'Buteanu peak' and from where we watching to the 'Moldoveanu peak' of 2544, the most high from our country, and from finally I felt most close of Rob, and in the afternoon we came back down and we visiting little the surroundings and in that day too, we starting the travel home, in our way to Arad passing through the same beautiful mountains and the same towns, but for me these didn't had the same beauty like always, and in the night we arrived at home, and I slept with my mind and my soul such empty like a lost someone dear, and knowing that next day I must to wake up from a fairy tale, and see about my ordinary life.
Your Judas Priest show here was a unique one, my moral stress and my financial efforts to arrive at your show was huge but deserved all your show, but my memory from this show will remain a sad one forever and I don't know if you Judas Priest will come again in Romania to re-place this sad memory with a happy one, but if from a absurdity you would come again , I can just to pray to God to keep you all and you Rob healthy enough to can meet you but if you will never come, then definetly this was my last chance and I lost it, because of some peoples faults, or…maybe because of you Rob, that you wanted to give me a sign to go and see of my life, and stop dreaming in all my fucking crazy dreams that I had into meet you, into collaborate in music with him, into be with him, and refusing me the autograph to makes me feel like shit and trying to tell me shame on me for all what I dare to dream about you, or maybe you just wanted to do it in another way, into a gift back to me for my birthaday, or at a personal meeting, which is impossible for me to believe, or maybe was just God fault, which is not always right with the people who deserve it, and maybe he just didn't want that happy thing to happen to me, and that makes me to feel sick about all this life, since the only power in this world and which is God, took me my only dream I ever have, I just wonder if will ever be someone to answer me about what happen there in fact, but probably I will never can get this answer cause Lenti is too diplomatic to tell me more, you Rob are too mysterious to tell me some, God is too confuse in his signs, and my friends can't answer me, but finally you Rob are the only who can give me an answer, and I wonder if you will give me one, small, any bad it is, ever?
Edited at: Sunday, July 05, 2015 3:09:36 PM
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