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a Buddha
of the Carboniferous?
Was there no mind
to mind?
Was there no ear
to hear
the fatal fall of the
in its
By the old
man river delta?
& stink of decaying
& voice of
& chorus of
This is mystery in the old sense of the word; a sacred riddle, an expression of the inexpressible. As a man journeys into his past, others travel farther. Part autobiography, part time travel, a transformative journey into the spirit of a beloved landscape.
Feeding on many traditions, slave to none, Barry Patterson's poems contrive to be both delicate and muscular; the twisting, hammered music of their lineation evoking the excitement of his flamboyant live performances. In this sequence recognisably avant-garde techniques are made to appear effortless, while the folk spirit ranges restlessly across such unusual terrain as bioscience and Eastern theology in vivid and memorable images. If a Primordial She-Buddha were to dream in the language of the Carboniferous (or vice versa) then this is how it should sound!
Jon Morley, Programme Director at The Writers' Centre, Norwich
If you can't get a lion onto your lawn, Barry's poem is the next best thing. This is poetry that makes you come alive. It feeds your soul with its drumming words and powerful images. This is story telling at its best.
Philip Carr-Gom, Chosen Chief of the Order of Bards Ovates & Druids.
Barry says: I've been working on this long poem for many years & I have decided to release it as a self published booklet of 24 pages.
Now out of stock, sorry!
Buddhists note: there are some themes & some symbols which you may recognise, but this is not a Buddhist work in any obvious sense.
Non-Buddhists note: This is storytelling with many layers of meaning. You don't need to have any prior knowledge to enjoy this work.


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Indian Head Rail Trail is a 12.9 mile moderately trafficked point-to-point trail located near Indian Head, Maryland that features a river and is good for all skill levels. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
dogs on leash
wheelchair friendly
kid friendly
nature trips
road biking
trail running
wild flowers
Beautifully maintained asphalt trail through Charles County's finest meadows, woods and swamps. Plenty of wildlife to see and many places to stop and observe native waterfowl. Several places to park along the trail, but only the La Plata trailhead has parking.
We greatly enjoyed this trail. It's paved with nice scenery. We went on a Saturday, and there were few people using the trail on bikes or walking. There are rest stops along the way but not many with drinking water stations so bring your own. There are also portable toilets along the route. It's a fairly easy route.
Very well maintained trail. As a recreational rider I enjoyed the morning
This is a beautiful, uncrowded, paved, mostly flat trail with few road crossings, nice views, various wildlife, and a few good nearby restaurants to stop at.
Terrific ride, saw plenty of wildlife, beautiful landscapes. Gentle grade changes. Lots of benches and some small covered picnic areas for breaks.
Beautiful, easy, paved trail through a variety of habitats. Wildlife included cows in the woods. One reviewer said "well maintained" but in truth the trail is brand new so let's hope it does continue to be maintained.
Nice ride but it was cold.
Super nice ride. It was 25 degrees and we were on bikes so we bailed long before finishing. I think it is a spring/fall ride.
This is a nice trail, not too many users (at least today there weren't). We started from the Indian Head side, rode to White Plains and back, about 28 miles round trip. Riding from Indian Head, you get a quick elevation drop for about a mile, then work on elevation gain for about half the ride to White Plains. The return trip to Indian head yelled a quick ride coasting the slight down-hill for most of the ride, but then you need to get to work to get up the last mile back to the trip head...should be quite easy for the moderate biker.
Lots of over-hanging trees provide good shade on hot and sunny days (like today).
love it.
It was a nice ride the whole trial was flat land no up or down but I very nice scenery. Will do that ride again and really good trial for beginners like me.
Great day for a ride...
This is a paved trail that used to be a railroad. There is a large creek along the trail that is great for kayaking. Worth noting the homeowners that love along the trail have left out a coffin replica and further down there is a small bamboo forest.
it was great did it today. Fathersday.
My favorite local trail!!
Awesome trail - very scenic, relatively undeveloped, lots of wildlife, not crowded!
Trailhead Parking:
Mattingly Avenue - MM 0
Rte. 224 - MM 3.2
Bumpy Oak Road (shoulder) - MM 5.5
Bensville Park - MM 9
Middletown Road - MM 11
Theodore Green Blvd. - MM 13
Great for running so long as you don't mind pavement
This is an awesome 13mile one
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Okay, this is a short story I wrote for my english class. Any thoughts on how to improve it would be much appreciated.
She sits alone. She is content to be alone, alone with her thoughts. She sits alone, dreaming of the life that she doesnt have, of parents that care. But she is alone. She sits alone on the wall, looking at the other children, who look straight through her. Their eyes register no emotion. She would prefer to be bullied than to be ignored.
In maths she works hard. She finishes all her work before everyone else as usual. She gives it to the teacher. He barely conceals a sigh, and hands her another sheet. She finishes that too. He tells her to check the answers. She says she already has. He doesnt even bother to reply, just goes on hammering away at his keyboard. In a futile attempt to win his attention, she raises her hand hopefully. This time he doesnt conceal the sigh. He looks at her through bored eyes. Ill get to you in a minute he says impatiently. He never does get to her. The bell rings, signalling the end of school. She gathers her belongings and goes to walk out. A few things are thrown at her. She trudges away from school with the usual feeling of helplessness. She walks alone.
She gets home and hears her parents bickering to eachother. And suddenly she feels the ice cold, iron grip of despair, like a shard of ice sliding through her numb brain.
She feels the despair in her blood, pounding through her veins, coursing through every ventricle in her body. It seizes control of her unconscious, crushing her until she finally gives way and embraces her despair.
Like a machine she walks, systematically searching her bag until her trembling fingers close on the small metal blade. She retrieves it slowly, raising it above her head like a gruesome battle trophy. She is perspiring heavily, taking quick, shallow breaths. She feels dizzy and slightly nauseous, thinking about what she is about to do.
Her hands shaking wildly, her heart clutched with fear, she readies herself. She brings the knife up. Her eyes bulge madly in their sockets. A drip of sweat falls into her glaring pupil. A wretched sob catches in her throat. And then she does it. She plunges the knife deep into her arm, cries out in agony as blood spurts from the wound she has inflicted on herself. She drags the knife down, through her flesh towards her wrists. The edges of her vision begin to turn pale white, she sways on the spot, and is overcome by a powerful impulse to vomit. But she hits the floor before she gets the chance to retch. No one will look through her again.
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Seven major U.S. cities including New York, Boston and Seattle will see extensive sampling until Labor Day at an array of venues, including Reebok-sponsored events, sports events, retail outlets and major grocery chains.
"We really have taken a considered approach to do it [marketing] in a strategic and smart way," said Jonathan Cronin, vice president of marketing at Clearly Canadian Beverage Corp., which holds the license to produce Fitness Water. "Right now the focus is to build distribution in those markets. We want to be able to deliver."
Handling the sampling and brand awareness effort is Infinity Promotions Group, Seattle.
There's no advertising yet for Fitness Water, although the product has appeared with limited exposure in ads for Reebok's walking shoes.
Enhanced with vitamins, minerals and electrolytes, the new Fitness Water is at the forefront of what Reebok and Vancouver-based Clearly Canadian hope will quickly become a new beverage category: enhanced water.
"Being first and doing it properly are the two biggest factors for success in any new category," Mr. Cronin said. "A big part of that is the Reebok brand name -- that gives us positioning and image strength. It's definitely a competitive advantage."
Already on the shelves in Birmingham, New York, Boston, Seattle, Portland, St. Louis and Phoenix, Reebok Fitness Water continues expanding into other U.S. markets, with Northern California next on the list for mid-August.
A full-scale national rollout is targeted for the first quarter next year.
Backing the U.S.-wide launch will be a national advertising push, Mr. Cronin said, headed by Palmer Jarvis DDB and its Karacters Design Group. Both shops are in Vancouver.
Fitness Water's flavors -- there's berry and citrus in addition to unflavored "natural" -- have seen strong positive reaction, said Mr.Cronin, who claimed the product has surprised consumers who have a "water is water" expectation.
Clearly Canadian's deal with Reebok has the new water initially slated for the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean, but if it's successful it could go further afield than merely those countries.
"Reebok's interest in this is exceptionally strong," Mr. Cronin said. "They've expressed an interest in making this as big as it can be." -- Stephen Barrington
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- Subtitle:
- a retrospective study of 324 procedures performed from 1980 to 2008
- 10.1016/j.jse.2014.02.001
- Abstract:
- BACKGROUND: Total elbow arthroplasty (TEA) is an established treatment for late-stage arthritis of the elbow. Indications have expanded to osteoarthritis and nonunion in distal humeral fractures. Information on implant survival and risk factors for revision is still sparse. The aim of this study was to evaluate implant survival and risk factors for revision of TEAs inserted in patients in the eastern part of Denmark in the period from 1980 until 2008. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The Danish National Patient Register provided personal identification numbers for patients who underwent TEA procedures from 1980 until 2008. On the basis of a review of medical reports and linkage to the National Patient Register, we calculated revision rates and evaluated potential risk factors for revision, including, age, sex, period, indication for TEA, and implant design. RESULTS: We evaluated 324 primary TEA procedures in 234 patients at a mean follow-up of 8.7 years (range, 0-27 years). The overall 5-year survival was 90% (95% confidence interval [CI], 88%-94%), and 10-year survival was 81% (95% CI, 76%-86%). TEAs performed with the unlinked design had a relative risk of revision of 1.9 (95% CI, 1.1-3.2) compared with the linked design. Fracture sequelae was associated with a relative risk of revision of 1.9 (95% CI, 1.05-3.45). CONCLUSIONS: We found acceptable implant survival rates after 5 and 10 years, with a higher revision rate for the unlinked design and primary TEA due to fracture sequelae. Patient-related outcome measures should be included in future studies for further elaboration of the outcomes after TEA. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, Retrospective cohort design, treatment study.
- Type:
- Journal article
- Language:
- English
- Published in:
- Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, 2014, Vol 23, Issue 6, p. 829-36
- Keywords:
- Journal Article; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Arthritis; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Elbow; Cohort Studies; Denmark; Elbow Joint; Female; Humans; Humeral Fractures; Joint Prosthesis; Male; Middle Aged; Prosthesis Failure; Registries; Reoperation; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Treatment Outcome
- Main Research Area:
- Medical science
- Publication Status:
- Published
- Review type:
- Peer Review
- Submission year:
- 2014
- Scientific Level:
- Scientific
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UK Sales Manager - Industrial Products
UK Sales Manager – Industrial Products
We are looking to hire a professional and energetic senior sales manager / senior industrial account manager to grow sales and manage industrial sales for one of the world's leading manufacturers of power transmissionproducts into the industrial distribution, MRO and industrial OEM sectors.
Ideal Location: UK Flexible location: Manchester, Birmingham, London, Coventry, Gloucester, Northampton, Oxford, Sheffield, Leeds, Nottingham, Leicester,
££ Excellent Neg depending on experience + bonus + Car + Pension + Excellent Benefits Package and employee development
Our client is a global player within the industrial OEM, industrial distribution, MRO and automotive sectors. They are at the forefront of developments in designing, manufacturing and supplying power transmission products and solutions, to meet and exceed the demanding expectations of industrial and automotive applications.
With an imminent retirement up and coming, the organisation are succession planning, to recruit a UK & Ireland Sales Manager to steer business development activities within their industrial products division across the UK & Ireland.
What the role looks like…
- Responsibility for the overall sales performance for defined industrial distributors / MRO distributors, along with several key industrial OEM customers.
- Establish sales strategies and supporting actions to achieve annual performance targets.
- Understand and meet customer's expectations in terms of product performance, quality, process and service.
- Optimise sales and seek out new opportunities through business development activities.
- Introduce new products into the industrial market where suitable and appropriate.
- Maintain an up to date knowledge of the market, competitors and customer developments.
- Keep abreast of the company's overall activities, strategy, goals and overall financial performance for the industrial products division.
- Frequently visit customers and form trusting business relationships with key customer personnel.
- Be the voice of the customer and conduit for technical sales and business activities with the customer for the organisation.
What's required…
The ideal candidate will possess the following attributes:
- An individual with an engineering degree would be highly desirable, however minimum ONC in mechanical engineering or an equivalent discipline.
- Preferably 5 years + experience gained within a senior sales / key account role supplying power transmission or related power train products / solutions into the industrial market.
- Excellent organisational and communication skills.
- Advanced sales and negotiation skills.
- Precise analytical skills / capabilities
- Highly PC literate in all Microsoft applications especially Excel, Word and Power Point.
- Commercially robust, with an understanding of key areas such as sales forecasting, costing, margin contribution and working capital.
- Excellent knowledge of the sales processes through distribution channels and into key industrial OEM's.
- Eloquent presenter along with an ability to engage customers at all levels both commercially and technically.
- Flexible to travel throughout the UK and Ireland and also internationally when required to meet the needs of the business.
What the successful candidate can expect…
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The ACA recognizes distinguished achievement in the field of crystallography to both mature and early career crystallographers through the presentation of various annual Awards. The following Awards will be presented at the 2010 meeting.
Isidor Fankuchen Memorial Award
To recognize contributions to crystallographic research by one who is known to be an effective teacher of crystallography.
2010 Winner: David Watkin (Oxford University) is the recipient of the 2010 Isidor Fankuchen Award for his stewardship of the crystallographic software package "CRYSTALS" for x-ray structure refinement and analysis. The worldwide success of CRYSTALS, used by students, academics and industrial users alike, can be attributed to its ease of use and to Watkin's unceasing support of the software and its users.
To recognize exceptional achievement in computational or chemical crystallography.
2010 Winner: Anthony L. Spek has been selected to receive the 2010 Kenneth Trueblood award for his outstanding contributions to chemical crystallography and crystallographic computing. He is a Professor in Chemical and Computational Crystallography at Utrecht University Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research in the Netherlands.
Margaret C. Etter Early Career Award
To recognize outstanding achievement and exceptional potential in crystallographic research demonstrated by a scientist at an early stage of their independent career.
2010 Winner: Raymond C. Trievel is an Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry at the University of Michigan where he is investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying protein modifications and their regulatory roles in gene expression and signal transduction. He will receive the 2010 Margaret C. Etter Early Career Award for his achievements in elucidating the substrate specificity and catalytic mechanism of histone methyltransferases in the short time that he has been an independent researcher.
Margaret C. Etter Student Lecturer Award
Each Special Interest Group (SIG) within the ACA has the opportunity to invite one student to receive an award and to present a lecture in one of the sessions organized by that SIG. Selections are based upon submitted abstracts and are independent of whether the student presenter originally requested an oral or poster presentation. Award winners are determined by the elected officers of the SIGs. Students who accept the invitation will receive a monetary award of $250, which is independent of any requests for support via the ACA Travel Awards.
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The Office of the Government has released the Prime Minister's (PM's) conclusion on research and investment cooperation projects for the Vietnam Television Tower. The project is expected to be built on 14 hectares in the center of western urban area of West Lake. The project was first mentioned when Hanoi began planning for four new urban areas in 2002 and was approved by the PM in 2014.
Vietnam Television has been approved by the PM to coordinate with the State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC) to establish a joint-stock company to invest in the project. Vietnam Television will then choose private enterprises with the appropriate financial capacity to contribute capital to the joint stock company to explore business services when the project goes into operation.
The contributed capital of Vietnam Television is mobilized from its enterprises while SCIC's capital is contributed from its own business. When the project is effective, Vietnam Television and SCIC will be allowed to sell shares to recover capital.
This is an important project for Vietnam's television sector. This tower is expected to have a significant impact on investment and economic development in the surrounding area and become a key part of Hanoi's architecture.


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Ivor Dent Sports Park
Located at Ellerslie Road and 50 Street south of Anthony Henday Drive, the sports park is a first class tournament facility for soccer, rugby, cricket, and other field sports.
Sports Park History
Officially named in 2013, in recognition of Dr. Ivor Dent (1924-2009); Mayor 1968-1974; Alderman 1964-1968.
The 138 hectare parcel of land site was used as a shooting range during the 1978 Commonwealth Games, and for many years afterwards.
In November 2004 City Council directed that the parcel be designated as a Multi-Sport Tournament and Recreation Site.
Sports Park Operations
Four sport organizations have partnered with the City to develop and operate leased areas of the park;
- Nor'Wester Athletic Association,
- Edmonton Minor Soccer Association,
- MTRS Club Soccer Society, and
- Punjab United Sport & Heritage Association.
Each partner organization has entered into a long term lease agreement with the City and is responsible for the cost of capital development, ongoing operations and maintenance of the land and buildings applicable to each leased premises.


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I have always painted, mainly landscapes, mainly mountain scenes but also coastal scenes, often including figures and other elements to help with scale and sense of place. Strong use of colour and texture have always been a major part of my work. My interests and activities in the fells around my home and further afield are all part and parcel of my paintings. Originals, prints and cards of my work will be available at my studio during C-Art.
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This song is available on Frank Bruen's What About All This Business?
Child narrator explains that some things aren't free, some things cost money. Song is about the difference between things that are free and things that cost money.
I like the moon and running outside.
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There is an ongoing debate in this country over whether Islam is truly a "religion of peace," as claimed by the left, or a potential security risk because of the threat of radical Islam, as maintained by the right.
Outspoken conservative author and radio host Michael Savage waded into the debate recently by posting on his Facebook page several pictures showing Muslims protesting in London in 2006, angry over the publishing of cartoons depicting their prophet Muhammed in a Danish newspaper.
However, the post containing the pictures was quickly taken down by Facebook, with a message sent to Savage explaining that the social media site "determined that it violated Facebook community standards," according to WND.
There was no further explanation as to why the post had been removed, other than a link directing Savage to Facebook's "Community Standards" page, which list "hate speech" and "violence and graphic content," as well as nudity, for possible reasons as to why the post was prohibited.
It is worth noting that the only "hate speech" and "violent content" contained in the post was that which was written on the placards and banners held by the Muslim protesters, some of which read "Behead those who insult Islam," "Freedom go to hell," "Europe. Take some lessons from 9/11″ and "Be prepared for the real Holocaust."
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The occurrence left Savage wondering exactly what triggered Facebook to remove the post, the violent hate speech exhibited by the angry Muslim protesters in the pictures, or his own "hate speech," for posting the pictures of the angry protesters and pointing out that Islam is not always a peaceful religion.
Sadly, this has become a question of late, considering that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has publicly expressed his support for Muslims who may feel "persecuted," not to mention recent comments by Attorney General Loretta Lynch threatening to prosecute anyone espousing anti-Muslim rhetoric.
One thing that is not in question, however, is the fact that the protest in 2006 really did occur, and the angry Muslims really did carry signs threatening violence against those with whom they disagreed.
Even the notoriously liberal-leaning "fact checker" Snopes.com reluctantly confirmed the event and authenticated the photographs.
So did Facebook take down the post because of the violence and hate espoused by the angry Muslim protesters, or did they take it down to protect the ephemeral image of a peaceful Islam that liberals try to project?
Either way, freedom of expression is freedom of expression. Americans have the right to see these pictures and to share them.
Please share this on Facebook and Twitter to help spread these pictures that Facebook apparently doesn't want anyone to see.
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TORONTO -- Yorkshire Valley Farms is pleased to announce it is a National Champion for Canada's organic week this year. Organic week is the largest annual celebration of organic food, farming and products across the country. As a proud member of the Canadian organic community, Yorkshire Valley Farms will be celebrating by participating in the weeklong activities.
Since 2010, Yorkshire Valley Farms has been growing certified organic poultry. To be certified organic in Canada, poultry producers must follow detailed protocols outlined by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Organic standards ensure the entire food system is taken into consideration; from the soil health at the farm level where organic feed is grown, to the barns and pastures where organic birds are raised, all the way to the processing standards to ensure that when you serve poultry at home, you can be sure that it is of the highest quality and integrity.
At Yorkshire Valley Farms, this means that chickens are fed a diet that is all organic and free of antibiotics, genetically modified organisms, pesticides and herbicides, with no animal by-products added. The birds are raised in barns with natural light and ventilation, as well as more space than conventional farms, so they have room to roam and are able to display natural behaviours like spreading their wings and dust bathing. The animals also have seasonal access to organically managed outdoor pastureland. To support its poultry flocks, Yorkshire Valley Farms also manages over 2000 acres of organic crops, which go into the birds' organic, non-GMO, all grain feed.
By taking the best of what nature offers, Yorkshire Valley Farms provides you with wholesome, delicious chicken and turkey that we can all feel good about, for your families and the world we live in.
Founded in 2010 and owned by Ontario farming families, Yorkshire Valley Farms produces and markets fresh and frozen organic poultry products, including chicken, turkey, and eggs. In just over 6 years, Yorkshire Valley Farms has grown to become one of Canada's leading organic poultry companies.
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I used the gorgeous Lady Penelope for my card this time and she was just so gorgeous to colour! She definitely looks ready to celebrate doesn't she? I didn't want to do a New Year's card as we generally don't send them out as separate cards here in the UK. You generally write Happy New Year inside a Christmas card to do both celebrations together, so I just made a time to celebrate card instead so it could be used for any special celebration.
Lots of glitz and bling on this one which always makes it so much harder to photograph.
Stamps: Lady Penelope from Art by MiRan, Birthday Greetings from Wild Rose Studio
Papers: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White, Naturals Ivory, Champagne Glimmer Card all from Stampin' Up, Copic X-Press It Blending Card, Dusk Patterned Papers from Perfect Prints
Inks: Real Red from Stampin' Up, Copic Markers, Silver Star, Clear Gloss, Clear Star Gelly Roll Pens
Accessories: Basic Black Satin Ribbon (Retired?), 1/4" circle Punch both from Stampin' Up, Gems from stash, Anja's Vintage Decoration Die LR0269, Anja's Vintage Ornament 2 Die LR0270, Border Stitch Die CR1250 all from Marianne Creatables, Fancy Oval Die 6002/0258 from Joy Crafts, Faux Quilled Blooms Dies from Sue Wilson @Creative Expressions
Copics Used:
Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11, E04,, R20, R30
Hair - E50, E51, E53, E55
Dress - R24, R27, R29, C5
Gloves & Trim - C3, C5, C7, C9
Eyes - YG61, YG63, YG67
Drink - R29, YG13
And that's all from me for this post folks! Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the Art by MiRan Facebook group and check out the other cards from the DT who have joined us this fortnight as well as Bonnie our newest DT member, who is joining my Facebook team along with Pauline who is currently on vacation! Lucky lady! Don't forget to join in the challenge this time as well - there is a special surprise for everyone who enters too!


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Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA said on Thursday that it began to test output from its Buzios offshore oilfield off Rio de Janeiro in the Santos Basin.
Output will be limited to 15,000 barrels a day because systems to produce natural gas are limited, the company said in a statement.
Petrobras, as the company is known, said it planned to produce in the area for six months to determine the field's long-term production capacity.
Petrobras expects to start regular output from Buzios in 2016 using the P-74 floating production, storage and offloading vessel when the ship's conversion from an oil tanker at a Rio de Janeiro shipyard is complete.
The P-74 was to be one of an order of four tankers converted into FPSOs in Brazil under an ambitious program aimed at helping revive the country's ship-building industry.
The ship, though, will be the only one fully converted at home. Much of the work on the other three had to be subcontracted to China because Brazilian shipyards could not meet Petrobras' quality, cost and delivery-date targets.
The Buzios Field is located about 200 kilometers (124 miles) off the coast of Rio de Janeiro in water 1,600 to 2,100 meters (5,249 to 6,890 feet) deep. The field, part of an area purchased in a 2010 oil for stock swap from the Brazilian government, was declared commercially viable in December 2013.
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General Suharto of Indonesia is fading fast, the news bulletins say.
So when I came into the country, I started asking how people felt about their dying killer. (Body count, around 1 million-plus, overwhelmingly civilian).
The first man I ran into–near a coffee/rice stall–though the radio blared the death watch, said nothing about it, until I raised it.
"So much the better," he smiled.
Even people I know well did not bother to mention it, though they know I follow politics.
One market lady had just described her own recent ailments–decades of squatting and pounding grain take a toll–when I asked about Suharto.
"Suharto?", she said. "He ate too much money. He's full. He ate so such that others can't eat."
She chuckled at her own joke. Everybody laughed. The mourning period should be over by lunchtime.
The New York Times, in 1993, after the East Timor massacres, Philip Shenon wrote that Suharto "r[a]n the country with a grandfatherly smile and an iron fist" and lamented that his "accomplishments are not widely known abroad."
On earth, in Indonesia–below the towers of life-giving-or-taking wealth and distant killing decision–Suharto seemed to have been seen, on the one hand, as a small man, but on the other, as a menace.
You could talk corruption, but you could not mention the murders. You had to work hard to forget them. The government helped with "Clean Environment" laws that banned the surviving relatives from social contacts, on the theory that if they got around, their memories might pollute society.
A grandmother, when pressed, once told me about bodies bobbing in Sumatra rivers.
But as a rule, people don't like to talk about Suharto's founding massacre, the one that was, in the words of James Reston of the Times, the "gleam of light in Asia" (June 19, 1966), and in the words of the CIA, which assisted, "one of the worst mass murders of the 20th century" (for background see posting of November 8, 2007: "Duduk – Duduk, Ngobrol-Ngobrol. Sitting Around Talking, in Indonesia.").
Interestingly enough, on the official, bureaucratic level, it is corruption talk that is taboo.
In 1998, I was being interrogated after giving a press conference on Suharto's secret aid from Clinton (including snipers and "PSYOP"(s); see posting of December 12, 2007), and Suharto's man began to read aloud from my file–parts disturbingly accurate, parts ridiculous.


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Paul declares victory in Republican primary
Updated 5:16 a.m.:
Rand Paul has a full morning of national television appearances:
6:10 a.m. EST — Fox News
6:30-6:35 a.m. — ABC's Good Morning America
6:40-6:47 a.m. — CNN's American Morning
7:35 a.m. — MSNBC
Updated 10:46 p.m.:
Republican rivals Rand Paul and Trey Grayson didn't get to speak to one another before their respective speeches Tuesday night, and Paul also missed a congratulatory call from U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell.
Grayson called Paul's campaign manager David Adams around 8 p.m., but Adams was on the patio of the Bowling Green Country Club and couldn't get to Paul, who was with his family at another part of the club.
"Trey asked me to pass on to Paul his congratulations. I'm hopeful we can still work that out," Adams said about getting the two candidates together before Saturday's unity rally at the Republican state headquarters in Frankfort.
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell also tried to call Paul's cell phone and Adams but missed both of them.
But Adams confirmed to cn|2 Politics that a key aide to McConnell, Larry Cox, reached out to him before Tuesday. He was "supportive," Adams said.
- Ryan Alessi
Updated 10:23 p.m.:
During his 11 minute and 30 second victory speech, Rand Paul talked about the power of the grassroots movement and voters' deep frustration with Washington and people telling them what to do.
It apparently was deep enough for Paul to win some of the places Trey Grayson worked hardest to hold onto and to win big in some of the strongest Republican counties. Some examples:
- Laurel County (where Grayson was endorsed by most elected officials) — Paul 52% to Grayson 41%
- Pulaski County (home of U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers, who backed Grayson) — Paul 55% to Grayson 40%
- Jefferson County — Paul 61% (more than 29,000 votes) to Grayson 36% (less than 18,000 votes)
- Boone County (Grayson's home county) — Paul 67% to Grayson 31%
- Kenton County — Paul 61% to Grayson 37%
- Campbell County — Paul 66% to Grayson 32%
Updated 10:02 p.m.:
Rand Paul hasn't talked much with reporters Tuesday night but did say that bringing the Republican Party back together again "will work out fine."
Rand Paul's father and former Republican presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas said he expects GOP leaders who endorsed Trey Grayson to get behind his son.
"I would think that they would," Ron Paul said.
He said he believes he'll be working with his son on Capitol Hill next year and added that his son's primary victory symbolizes "the growth of the freedom movement."
The elder Paul told a gaggle of reporters after his son's victory speech that the younger Paul doesn't need to change his message for the general election.
"Do you think only Republicans are disgruntled? I mean everybody's disgruntled, especially the independents," he said. "This is the magnificent thing: The Republican Party has shifted over to an independent attitude and (one of) limited government."
- Ryan Alessi
Updated at 9:22 p.m.: Retiring Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning was in Washington Tuesday night but issued the following statement which was distributed by Bunning spokesman Mike Reynard, who spent the weekend campaigning for Paul.
"I want to congratulate Dr. Paul on a hard-fought victory in the Republican primary for the United States Senate. Dr. Paul is the right man to win in November and his victory today is a clear signal to the Washington establishment that it's time to shake things up. Dr. Paul is a strong conservative who will be his own man in Washington and work to end the bailouts, stop wasteful spending, and defend our Kentucky values. He will fight to take our government back."
- Ryan Alessi
Updated at 9:15 p.m.: Senator Mitch McConnell has released the following statement: "Dr. Paul ran an outstanding campaign which clearly struck a chord with Kentucky voters and I congratulate him on his impressive victory. Now Kentucky Republicans will unite in standing against the overreaching policies of the Obama Administration. We are spiraling further into unsustainable debt and Kentucky needs Rand Paul in the U.S. Senate because he will work every day to stop this crippling agenda."
- Ryan Alessi
Updated at 8:58 p.m.: Rand Paul: "I am humbled…lets have a party."
- Ryan Alessi
Updated at 8:52 p.m.: Rand Paul: "We've come to take the government back."
- Ryan Alessi
Updated at 8:47 p.m.: Rand Paul has arrived at the Bowling Green Country Club and tells supporters "this has been a tremendous mandate for the people."
- Ryan Alessi
Updated at 8:32 p.m.: Rand Paul is expected to arrive at the Bowling Green Country Club shortly, about a half-hour earlier than expected because of the quick end to the race.
- Ryan Alessi
Updated at 8:09 p.m.: Rand Paul's supporters declared their man's victory a big win for "true conservatives" — and a bigger loss for Kentucky's Republican establishment.
"I think you're seeing something really big here, tonight," said Jack Richardson IV, a Louisville attorney and Republican state executive committee member. "This is a wake-up call."
Richardson said U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell and others tried to push Trey Grayson on Republicans even though "he was not a conservative."
"They were trying to force something down our throats," he said on the porch of the Bowling Green Country Club, shortly after Paul was declared the winner.
State Rep. Jamie Comer, R-Tompkinsville, was one of the few state lawmakers backing Paul over Grayson. So far, he is the only one at Paul's victory party.
"Trey Grayson had 90 percent of the white collar Republicans for him," Comer said. "But there was just a movement out there for Paul."
- Ryan Alessi
Updated at 7:49 p.m.:
The Associated Press called the race for Rand Paul with 32 percent of the vote reporting, prompting loud and long cheers from the Paul supporters who have streamed into the Bowling Green Country Club over the last half hour.
- Ryan Alessi
Updated at 7:37 p.m.: The first full county has reported. All five of Nicholas County's precincts are in. Rand Paul won with 69 percent of the vote, 116 votes to Trey Grayson's 40.
In the Democratic primary, Daniel Mongiardo received 987 votes to Conway's 977, according to the unofficial results.
Could Nicholas County be a bellwether?
- Ryan Alessi
Updated 7:08 p.m.: Reporters still outnumber supporters at Rand Paul election night headquarters with polls just now closing in the central time zone.
But the buzz and energy is increasing among the few Paul backers.
Marcus Carey, a lawyer and conservative radio host, approached Paul's campaign manager David Adams to tell him that results out of the Boone County clerk's office showed Paul won in Trey Grayson's home precinct of Richwood, 252 to 115.
Adams said it's "a signal" of what's to come.
"No different than what I've been saying all day: We expect to win and win big," Adams said.
- Ryan Alessi
Updated 5:09 p.m.: Rand Paul isn't expected back to the Bowling Green Country Club until an hour after polls close in the central time zone, sometime around 8 p.m., his campaign manager David Adams said.
While Paul will have a busy evening, win or lose, his dance card is particularly full for Wednesday morning as national media outlets who are expecting Paul to win have booked him on a slew of morning shows.
Paul is scheduled to appear on Good Morning America and the Today Show, for instance, Adams said.
"If this election doesn't turn out the way it's supposed to, we're going to have some unhappy producers," he added.
Updated at 4:55 p.m.: National and state media outlets have descended en masse on the Bowling Green Country Club, turning the grass near the 18th green into a satellite truck parking lot in preparation for covering Rand Paul's election night event.
"I've never done anything quite like this," said Dave Fenwick, the club's general manager, who said he was bracing for 400 to 500 Paul supporters and reporters. Paul, a Bowling Green eye surgeon, is a member of the country club.
Hours before the events were scheduled to begin, national cable news networks periodically went live from the club's patio.
CNN's Rick Sanchez checked in live with Jessica Yellin, who is at the country club, shortly after 3:30 p.m., EST.
"After today, he may be the face of the anger among voters," Sanchez said before kicking it over to Yellin.
A half-hour later, Paul went live from the Country Club on Fox News from the patio on Neil Cavuto's show, where he said he never purposely tried to position himself against U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell or others "in the establishment."
"We didn't turn down anybody's endorsement. No concerted efforts not to get endorsements," Paul said.
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Mr Eric Lim, consultant thoracic surgeon at Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, has been awarded £1.3 million, the largest National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) grant awarded to the Trust this year, for a study looking at mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the chest wall that is usually caused by exposure to asbestos.
In the UK over 2,000 patients are diagnosed each year with pleural mesothelioma, with deaths increasing every year and estimated to peak in 2020. So far, most treatments have been ineffective: the current use of chemotherapy is associated with patients only living for an additional three months. As a result, surgery remains an important consideration to increase the length of, and improve the quality of, life for patients.
After the successful pilot study, funded by Cancer Research UK, the research grant for the full MARS 2 trial was awarded by the NIHR which funds high quality research 'from bench to bedside'.
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Each December 31, my good friends from the neighborhood and I gather to ring in the New Year. To help this not-so-hard-partying group actually stay up late enough to see the Times Square ball drop, about 15 years ago we created a prediction game that has become the highlight of the evening.
We ask each other a series of crystal ball questions in the realms of politics, entertainment, sports and local affairs. Our answers are carefully sealed for the duration of the coming year, and then opened the next New Year's Eve to find out who among us most clearly saw the future. This past year, one of our friends accurately predicted both the gender and name of Prince William and Duchess Kate's new baby. (They also predicted that the Nationals would get to the World Series, so accuracy is fleeting.)
As a rule, we avoid any topics where the families have "inside" information, so no environmental law or infrastructure questions. But if I were to have snuck in one such prediction for 2016, it would have been this: the Supreme Court will affirm the Eighth Circuit's ruling in Hawkes Co., Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. No equivocation or uncertainty here – it is a lock.
EnviroStructure readers will recall our summary from April of last year. A family-owned peat mining business found itself at the mercy of the Corps' Section 404 permitting process. When they challenged the agency's jurisdictional determination ("JD") in court, the Corps argued that the JD was not "final agency action." The Hawkes would have to either see their permit application denied (a foregone conclusion that would take years) or continue their mining operations, risking fines and/or criminal enforcement.
The Eighth Circuit ruled that the Corps' Hobson's choice ignored the reality of a JD's regulatory significance and that the Hawkes' case should proceed. Because this ruling created what the Solicitor General poetically labeled a "square but shallow split" with an opposing ruling from the Fifth Circuit, the government petitioned for certiorari. On December 11, 2015, the Supreme Court granted the petition.
Save your $10 on the currently enormous Powerball jackpot and place a wager on the Court ruling against the government. The Army Corps' long-standing position is doomed for several reasons.
"Bad facts make bad law." The Hawkes are extremely sympathetic victims of an overly bureaucratic view of the law that has stood for too long. At one point long before the government would argue it took "final agency action," a Corps official told a company employee that he should start looking for a new job. If that's not finality, I don't know what is. In the Waters of the United States litigation will have an impact. Yes, the Hawkes plight doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the proposed wetlands rule, now being challenged in 627 federal courts. (Not that many, but it feels like it.) However, the foundational arguments of those challenges – that the government's rule is complicated, vague and applied unevenly – will resonate here. Something's very wrong when it takes years and lots of money just to find out what everyone knows based on the JD, that you're not getting a 404 permit. The Supreme Court has already played its hand in the unanimous Sackett ruling. It seems almost impossible to fathom an outcome that would be inconsistent with the Court's previous opinion dealing with a Clean Water Act compliance order. A JD clearly "determines rights and obligations," even more so in this case when the Corps informed the Hawkes that their best option was to sell their peat farm to a wetlands mitigation bank. As Justice Alito commented in a concurring opinion in Sackett, "In a nation that values due process, not to mention private property, such treatment is unthinkable." Did I mention that the ruling was unanimous? Politics count. The ever-more politicized environment in which the Supreme Court operates will dictate a ruling in favor of the property owners. Individual rights and liberties in many different contexts will be the battleground of the 2016 national election. The Justices read the papers.
I won't be so cocky as to predict another unanimous ruling, but the Hawkes will prevail and will get their day in court. Whether they will ever get to expand their peat mining operations, well, that might be the subject of even more litigation and yet another blog post.


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#BBCtrending: Why Kenya 'always wins' its Twitter wars
There's a Twitter war - or "twar" - going on between Kenya and South Africa at the moment.
There have been more than 45,000 tweets using #SomeoneTellSouthAfrica in the past week, and around 12,000 #SomeoneTellKenya tweets in return.
Kenyans on Twitter started the hashtag in response to disparaging comments made by South Africa's Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula about Kenya's swimming team.
This isn't the first country Kenyans have "told" - Nigeria and Zimbabwe have been targeted before, as Kenyan comedian Eric Omondi tells BBC Trending.
More on the #SomeoneTell trend on our radio programme on BBC World Service at 10:30 GMT on Saturday. You can download the free podcast here.
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Job as a Street cleaner
Martin Shaw is a street cleansing operative working for a street care services company in North London. Martin works in a team with one driver and three other street cleansing operatives.
Can you outline your role?
Along with my colleagues, I clean the streets of the London Borough of Haringey. I am part of a 'housing estates team', which means that we focus on keeping the housing estates in the borough clean and tidy.
Can you describe a typical day as a street cleaner?
I work full time from Monday to Friday. I start work at 7.30am by going to the yard, where I help the driver to place the tools that we use into the van.
We drive to each of the housing estates that are on our job schedule for that day and clean the roads, pavements and grass verges in those areas. The job involves picking up litter, sweeping leaves and generally clearing up any other mess that might be there. I use a shovel, a litter picker and a broom to pick and sweep up rubbish and then put it into a wheelie bin.
We also clear away any bulky items that have been dumped in the streets, such as televisions or fridges. When there is severe weather in the winter, we grid the roads of the housing estates we work on.
Once we've cleaned the estates, we take all the rubbish to an incinerator plans. At 3.00pm, we return to the yard and I help to unload the tools, and then go home.
Do you wear any special clothing?
I am given a uniform and I wear protective clothing including gloves, steel-toe-capped boots and a high-visibility jacket.
What qualities and skills do you need?
You need to be physically fit because you spend a lot of the day walking. You must be able to read a map so that you can give the driver directions, if necessary. Also, you need good interpersonal skills, as you interact with the general public on a daily basis.
What did your training involve?
I was given a working procedures information pack when I started the job. I learned a lot by working alongside experienced colleagues. I've also had training in specific topics, for example, in manual handling so that I can lift heavy items safely, in how to deal with sharp objects in waste, and about diseases such as leptospirosis – a disease in animals that can be passed to humans.
What do you enjoy about your work?
I enjoy working outside, which means that the days seem to go quickly. I like working outdoors in all the seasons, although it's not so much fun working in the rain.
I also get a feeling of satisfaction when I've made the housing estate as clean as possible.
Although it's an early start every day, I finish work in the middle of the afternoon when most people are still working.
What are your plans for the future?
I would like to continue working as a street cleansing operative in Haringey for as long as possible. I might learn to drive soon, so once I've passed my test and gained some driving experience, I might be able to become a driver with one of the street cleansing teams.
Martin's route to becoming a street cleaner
- Left school and got temporary post as street cleansing operative with Haringey Council through an employment agency.
- Gained permanent position with Haringey Council. Transferred his company took over street cleansing from the council.
Martin's tip
- Make sure you're right for the job before you do it.
- You won't like it if you cannot cope with all types of weather conditions.
Street cleaner related jobs
- Cleaner
- Materials reclamation officer
- Recycling operative
- Refuse collector
- Window cleaner
Salary of a Street cleaner
- Street cleaners usually earn from about £10,800.
- With some experience, they may earn up to about £14,000.
- The most senior operatives, or those who operate specialist equipment, can earn up to £17,500.
- These figures are only a guide, as salaries vary regionally.
- Pay tends to be higher in London.
Getting in
- No formal qualifications are required, but physical fitness and an ability to deal with the general public are important.
- Applicants must be at least 18 years old. A driving licence is required for jobs driving sweeping vehicles, and for the largest vehicles a heavy goods vehicle licence is necessary.
- Street cleaners train on the job. While at work, they can work towards qualifications such as NVQs/SVQs in Cleaning and Support Services. Some may start through an Apprenticeship.
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The Grange Farmstay Bed & Breakfast and The Lodge
The Grange Farmstay B&B and The Lodge is luxury accommodation set in a beautiful country garden on our 10 acre working farm looking out over the Pacific Ocean and vineyards of the Esk Valley. Wonderful rural, coastal and city views.
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- $148 - $220
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The Grange Farmstay B&B & is luxury accommodation set in a beautiful country garden looking out over the Pacific Ocean and the vineyards of the Esk Valley. Peaceful and quite this is a perfect holiday stay for a couple or family who wish to escape busy and hectic lifestyles to unwind, relax and soak up the magnificent views, colourful garden and the native bird songs in the trees.
The Self Contained Lodge has a king bed a double and two singles in the loft. The bathroom, lounge and kitchen are modern, stylish and spacious. There is a large deck with outdoor furniture and a barbeque for alfresco living. Three wineries, including the famous Esk Valley Estate Winery and two cafes are only 5 minutes away & Art Deco Napier is a 12 minute drive.
Dirección física
The Grange Farmstay Bed & Breakfast and The Lodge, 263 Hill Road, Eskdale, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
Horario de apertura
- Horario comercial:
- 24/7
- Meses de funcionamiento:
- Todos los meses del año
Instalaciones y características
- Proximidad con el aeropuerto:
- 10 minutes drive
- Proximidad con el terminal de autobuses turísticos:
- 15 minutes drive
- Proximidad con el pueblo:
- 12 minutes drive to Napier
Precios y condiciones
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|$148.00 - $220.00
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Keep the Child Care Credit in Mind for Summer
If you are a working parent or look for work this summer, you may need to pay for the care of your child or children. These expenses may qualify for a tax credit that can reduce your federal income taxes. The Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit is available not only while school's out for summer, but also throughout the year. Here are eight key points the IRS wants you to know about this credit.
1. You must pay for care so you – and your spouse if filing jointly – can work or actively look for work. Your spouse meets this test during any month they are full-time student, or physically or mentally incapable of self-care.
2. You must have earned income. Earned income includes earnings such as wages and self-employment. If you are married filing jointly, your spouse must also have earned income. There is an exception to this rule for a spouse who is full-time student or who is physically or mentally incapable of self-care.
3. You must pay for the care of one or more qualifying persons. Qualifying children under age 13 who you claim as a dependent meet this test. Your spouse or dependent who lived with you for more than half the year may meet this test if they are physically or mentally incapable of self-care.
4. You may qualify for the credit whether you pay for care at home, at a daycare facility outside the home or at a day camp. If you pay for care in your home, you may be a household employer. For more information, see Publication 926, Household Employer's Tax Guide.
5. The credit is a percentage of the qualified expenses you pay for the care of a qualifying person. It can be up to 35 percent of your expenses, depending on your income.
6. You may use up to $3,000 of the unreimbursed expenses you pay in a year for one qualifying person or $6,000 for two or more qualifying person.
7. Expenses for overnight camps or summer school tutoring do not qualify. You cannot include the cost of care provided by your spouse or a person you can claim as your dependent. If you get dependent care benefits from your employer, special rules apply.
8. Keep your receipts and records to use when you file your 2013 tax return next year. Make sure to note the name, address and Social Security number or employer identification number of the care provider. You must report this information when you claim the credit on your return.
For more details about the rules to claim this credit, see Publication 503, Child and Dependent Care Expenses. You can get both publications at IRS.gov or have them mailed by calling 800-TAX-FORM (800-829-3676).
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August 9th 2012 by Andi Ancheta
The original five Advanced Continuing Education (ACE) courses we launched two years ago will be retiring the last week of September.
Exciting news for Advanced Certified ProAdvisors!
The five ACE courses will be replaced with a single 4 1/2 hour course about Time & Material Billing (aka Job Costing), with an emphasis on T&M billing for professional services clients. Job costing is helpful for a variety of clients – not just contractors or professional services, but event/wedding planners, landscaping companies and many more. The topic was suggested and ranked, as well as written and reviewed, by your Advanced Certified peers. The course will go live on end of September.
Please note: Unlike Certifications, there will be no sunset period when both the old and new ACE courses are available.
As you know, completing the ACE course(s) are a requirement to keep your elite status as an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor® and Diamond Level member. Here is a list of FAQs to help answer any questions you may have.
Q: My Advanced Certification is about to expire and the new ACE courses aren't available. How do I maintain my status?
A: Your expiration date has been extended so that no one will expire as a result of this change. The new expiration date will be extended for everyone by 90 days.
Q: I'm in the process of completing the five ACE courses? Should I continue?
A: The choice is yours. You can elect to complete your five ACE courses now or wait until end the end of September and just complete the above mentioned one single course. You are not required to complete both to maintain your status, although you may elect to do so to increase your knowledge.
Q: How do I know when my Advanced Certification is going to expire?
A: The Expiration date is listed in your Course Locker under My Completed Certifications. Look for the title Advanced Certification. The expiration date is listed in that row.
Q: Other than the ACE course(s), do I need to do anything else to maintain my Advanced Certification status?
A: Yes, you must also keep your QuickBooks® certifications up-to-date by certifying annually in the most recent QuickBooks certification.
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A bookkeeper is responsible for processing the paperwork for a company's business transactions. Ultimately the transactions will be recorded in accounts within the company's general ledger. Today this often involves the use of cost effective software such as QuickBooks from Intuit.
Bookkeepers are expected to be accurate, efficient, and knowledgeable about debits and credits, the chart of accounts, accounts payable procedures, sales and accounts receivable, payroll, and more. Each bookkeeper's specific responsibilities will vary by type and size of the business.
The bookkeeper's role may be expanded to include adjusting entries in order for the bookkeeper to generate income statements and balance sheets from the accounting software.
The bookkeeper's work is usually overseen by an accountant and/or the small business owner.
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The answer to yesterday's mystery image was: The head of a paper match.
Not much time for commentary today.
Cactus (species unknown)
A cross section showing the needles as they grew. 60x.
A clump of needles at 60x.
Needles fluoresce at 60x. (Thanks for the spelling correction, Hitmouse.)
The filament from inside a clear glass lightbulb at 60x and 200x.
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6 Tips to Enhance Your Facebook Page With Photos
For more information on how to maximize Facebook for you funeral home or industry company please contact Ryan Thogmartin ,or send a twitter reply to @disruptmg, or visit http://www.disrutpmg.com/funeral and fill out the form for a free social media review.
Are you using photos to enhance your Facebook page? If not, you may be missing a key opportunity.
Cameras are everywhere these days. This access to photography, coupled with the rise of social media, means that not only can everyone shoot photos, but they can also share them with a lot of people.
Utilizing photography in social media offers organizations an incredible opportunity to connect with others and showcase their brand in unique and interesting ways.
For the purposes of this article, I'm going to focus on using photos on a Facebook page.
Here are six tips to keep in mind as you incorporate photography into your Facebook page.
#1: It's Not Personal, It's Business
This common adage is not only often used to justify moral transgression but also provides a lot of insight when it comes to using photos to represent your brand on social media. Remember, these are not your personal photos. These photos will likely look different than the photos you upload to your personal Facebook profile.
And rightfully so. These photos are an extension of your brand. They instantly say a great deal about your organization to the casual observer. They certainly don't need to be formal (in fact, usually they shouldn't be) but they should always be professional. If there is anything you wouldn't show to a client in person, it shouldn't be online. If you have to even question whether a photo is appropriate enough to be used, it isn't.
#2: Make Sure Your Photos Represent Your Brand Well
The photos you use will represent your brand and your organization to the casual observer. As such, it's important that they show that you took some time and put in a bit of thought. Don't upload too many photos of the same subject. Pick the best and only show those.
In addition, some basic photo editing can go a long way. Start with cropping your photos to highlight the subject you are showcasing. Throw out any photos that are blurry. Consider experimenting with some black and white photos to stand out and give a different look.
Get creative and have fun, but remember the goal is to showcase your organization. For instance, crop photos to showcase staff members and leave nothing extraneous to distract from the main subject of the photo.
#3: Post Shareable Photos
One of the best ways to broaden your reach online is to create content that other people will want to share. Photos are a great opportunity for you to connect with others and produce content they will want to share with their connections.
Try to think of content that is likely to be interesting and worthwhile in some way. Chances are no-one cares what your desk looks like unless it's really cool for some reason, or you are really cool for some reason. Think of subjects that others will want to see.
In the photo below, St. Louis ArtWorks uses their Facebook photos to share art projects that their teen artists have produced.
It could also be beneficial to post photos of events that involve other organizations. If the photos are decent, these organizations will likely share your photos (and thus your organization and brand) with their followers. In addition to posting the photos to your Facebook page, make sure that you tell these organizations about the photos.
For instance, maybe you sponsored a fundraising event in partnership with a few other organizations. You could put up photos showcasing the event and let these other organizations know about the photos. Not only are you sharing the positive contribution you've made, but you are also providing content that your partnering organizations will likely want to share with their followers, all the while driving more traffic to your Facebook page.
To help spread the word on Facebook, you should tag the other organizations in your post announcing your new photos. Once you've uploaded the photos to an album and published them, follow these steps to tag other organizations:
- Like the other organizations by going to their Facebook pages and clicking the "Like" button.
- Return to your organization's Facebook page and click the "wall" link on the left sidebar.
- Beside "Share:" make sure that "Status" is selected.
- In your status announcing your new photos, include a tag to the other organization by typing @ and then the organization's name.
- Select the other organization from the popup menu.
- Click the blue "Share" button.
Now your status will show up on the wall of the organization that you tagged in your message. This is a great opportunity for followers of that organization to find out about you and your brand while also providing the other organization with some valuable photos to share with their followers.


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The "present crisis of western democracy," the 30-year-old Walter Lippmann announced in 1920, "is a crisis in journalism." A co-founder of The New Republic in 1914, a Wilson Administration confidant and Army captain with responsibility for propaganda in Europe during World War I, Lippmann spoke with authority. And originality. His view of the crisis was an unhappy one because, as he went on to argue in Liberty and the News, which was recently reissued as a slim and attractive paperback, journalism could never–unaided–provide an accurate account of reality for purposes of democratic self-government. But whereas other critics of wartime news coverage sought a journalism not beholden to advertisers or governments, Lippmann saw the core of journalism's corruption elsewhere–in its own smug assurance of knowledge and its eagerness to assert opinion rather than provide facts. Even so, Lippmann offered suggestions for what editors and reporters could do better. He urged them to commit themselves to the cardinal virtue of "truthful reporting" and recognize that opinionmongering, or what polite society might call "edification," cannot become a "higher law than truth." In fact, he wrote, "There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and shame the devil."
The "crisis" Lippmann detected in both democracy and journalism arises because the sheer volume of political affairs in an interconnected national and global world–the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand in the capital of a small Slavic country, after all, had drawn American farmboys into a world war–surpasses the capacity of even the most conscientious citizens to monitor. "I know of no man, even among those who devote all of their time to watching public affairs, who can even pretend to keep track, at the same time, of his city government, his state government, Congress, the departments, the industrial situation, and the rest of the world," he wrote. We depend on the press in our attempts to make sense of politics–and we are vulnerable to its weaknesses: "If I lie in a lawsuit involving the fate of my neighbor's cow, I can go to jail. But if I lie to a million readers in a matter involving war and peace, I can lie my head off, and, if I choose the right series of lies, be entirely irresponsible."
For Lippmann, veracity is not easy to attain, nor is its enemy in journalism primarily or necessarily a matter of government pressure or corporate ownership. The same year he published Liberty and the News, Lippmann, assisted by fellow New Republic editor Charles Merz, published a forty-two-page supplement to the August 4 issue of The New Republic called "A Test of the News," which dissected the New York Times's coverage of the Russian Revolution. Lippmann and Merz concluded that the coverage was vastly distorted, most of all by the hopes and fears of reporters and editors themselves, who saw in the Bolsheviks what they wanted to see. The Times assured readers on ninety-one occasions that the revolutionary regime was near collapse.
Who is to know what is and what is not a lie, Lippmann asks in Liberty and the News, "where all news comes at second-hand, where all the testimony is uncertain, men cease to respond to truths, and respond simply to opinions. The environment in which they act is not the realities themselves, but the pseudo-environment of reports, rumors, and guesses." In Liberty and the News, this is a telling observation; in Public Opinion, two years later, it is a treatise–still unsurpassed. The book that made "stereotype" part of everyday usage, Public Opinion demonstrated how much people–all people–see what they want to see and hear what they want to hear, and act in the world based on "the pictures in our heads." When these pictures come from distant places, brought to us by a press without much self-discipline or sophistication or intellectual weight, our actions–our votes, our choices–are at the mercy of the flawed picture of the world that various media provide.