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BUMC Community Spreads Message of Inclusivity at March for Science
Determined to communicate their message of inclusivity and support for science, nearly 100 of BUMC faculty, staff and students braved the rainy, chilly weather to carry colorful — and sometimes politically nuanced — signs as they marched toward Boston Common for the March for Science on Saturday afternoon.
Although their motivations for participating were varied, they all hoped to share positive messages about the impact science has on their lives and the need to have their voices heard.
Linda Hyman, PhD, associate provost of the Division of Graduate Medical Sciences, said she decided to march because it is important to communicate to the community at large that science is important, science saves lives and science is part of our everyday lives.
"What keeps me up at night is the training of the future leaders of the biomedical workforce," Hyman said. "I am concerned that we are sending the message that science isn't as important as it used to be."
Ben Wolozin, MD, PhD, professor of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, said he was inspired to participate in the March for Science in order to stand up for what he calls "evidence-based policy."
"I don't see how a company can run without addressing facts, I don't see how you can plan your budget at home without addressing facts, and I don't see how the government or Americans can address the future well without addressing facts," he said.
Wolozin, whose research focuses on the causes of, and potential treatments for, neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, said funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health would have far-reaching effects.
"Just the threat of funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health has had an impact on science," Wolozin said.
Jasmeet Hayes, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and research psychologist at the National Center for PTSD at the VA Boston Healthcare System, marched in order to speak up for military personnel and veterans.
"It is fundamentally important to support science," Hayes said. "There are still a lot of treatments that don't work for everybody, so we have to continue the scientific process and come up with the treatments that help as many people as we can."
Hayes, whose research involves examining the effects of PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury on the brain and cognition for military personnel and veterans, said she hoped marching would raise awareness that science can affect people on a personal, day-to-day level.
"The bottom line is if you support our veterans, you need to support science," Hayes said.
PhD candidate Alicia Wooten was one of the featured speakers at the event. Wooten is deaf, and took the opportunity to discuss the importance of inclusivity in science.
"I didn't need to hear a single thing to know that I could make a difference in science, despite other people's doubt," Wooten said. "It doesn't matter what kind of disability you have, or the color of your skin or your gender. It is about what you can bring to the table. I am a scientist who just happens to be deaf."
Brad Zehr, a fourth-year medical student, is concerned about the national dialogue surrounding science. He feels science is being disrespected on many levels. As a student looking forward to starting his residency, he said he could be especially impacted by potential funding cuts.
"Part of the responsibility of having the privilege of being so highly educated is to be very public about why we need to respect science and fund science," he said. "Suddenly it's very real to me when science is threatened because that is going to be my livelihood. We need to be the generation that stands up for science."
See the Facebook album for more photos of the March.


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Thee Sgt. Major III: Unadorned Joy Through A Tube Amp
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Thursday's Pick
Song: "New Painter Man"
Artist: Thee Sgt. Major III
CD: The Idea Factory
Genre: Rock
Kurt Bloch is the sort of character who kicks around a scene for years, decades even, impervious to trends as he plugs ahead doing what he loves. Punk, metal, grunge, neo-folk, art-punk, math-rock and who knows what else have all come and gone in Seattle music while Bloch, as a member of The Fastbacks and Young Fresh Fellows — and as a producer of many likeminded acts — has been everywhere and invisible at the same time.
That's partly because he's never in the spotlight himself, happy instead to stand just off to the side playing a spirited, not-quite-sloppy guitar part that encompasses both power-chord chug and hook-laden riffery. Continuing in largely the same vein as the now-defunct Fastbacks, Thee Sgt. Major III's "New Painter Man" finds Bloch once again paired with a female singer whose giddy girlishness tempers his rhythm-guitar crunch, and vice versa.
The song is girl-group by way of power pop; Leslie Beattie's "Hey now, hey now" refrain winks at the Angels, although the beat has been simplified far beyond anything that would support the kind of dancing necessary to win their hearts. It's exuberant without being sappy or simplistic, even as the song's words roll off Beattie's tongue without saying much of anything. Or maybe that's not true. With tiny dabs here and there, she applies light but curious strokes before closing by singing "Everything you do looks like you" while Bloch, as the engine beside her, plays the only thing he knows: unadorned joy filtered through a tube amp.

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Since Lee Enterprises took over the St. Louis Post-Dispatch last year, much has been made of the paper's falling revenues and falling standards .
But what about its readers' falling libidos? In what must have been a Puritan-inspired, Iowan-implemented shake-up of the graphic-design department, the paper seems to have essentially scuttled all forms of graphic titillation. In the old days, even the most trivial antics of Britney, Christina or Orlando merited a salacious pic above the paper's logo, but nowadays not even a story on nude modeling can bring the graphic-design department to life.
"GET NAKED," reads today's top tease, in the broadsheet's typical boxy, 96 point font. It's book ended by an unerotic image of some lady's back and a gaping navel, the southern rim of which is coated either by white-light-reflecting sweat or a smidge of cream cheese. The tease points you to the Everyday section, where you encounter -- Egads! -- a spread of nude 52-year-old dude with his arms above his head! (The web pic is a bit more discreet.)
"You don't get rich modeling," says the model, who's identified as Bruce Williams, a former sports reporter from Maryland Heights. To which we'd add: You don't get rich printing nude pictures of aging former journalists, either.
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The purpose of the paper is to estimate the level of necessary reinvestment 'user costs' needed to repay forthcoming generations for the depletion of phosphate and potash reserves in Jordan. El Serafy equation technique has been used to estimate the user cost for both resources from 2002 to 2010. On a discount rate of three percent, phosphate resources had a user cost of $US 0.99 million in 2002, $US 0.86 million in 2005 and $US 0.09 million in 2010. Also on a discount rate of three percent, potash resources had a user cost of $US 10.13 million in 2002, $US 41.39 million in 2005 and $US 92.07 million in 2010. The Sustainable Budget Index (SBI), used to measure whether the user cost was reinvested or used for public consumption, surpassed 1.0 from 2002 to 2010 which indicated that mineral revenues have been used for public consumption rather than for investment purposes.
Keywords: sustainable development, resource rent, resource depletion, user cost, capital recovery, true income, depreciation, royalty, genuine savings, net present value, Jordan


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The web version of poker games is obviously equally exciting. But, one should earn some helpful strategies and rules to overpower his/her opponents. In relation to play online poker online, people usually still find it all about aggression. Well, aggressive play helps sometimes, but it is not the proper way to win at internet poker games. You will need to know that there exists a little contrast between the situation that exists when playing poker at traditional casinos plus a web-based poker site. In the latter case, players are not able to see one another, which may can make it somewhat tough so that you can analyze your opponents. For this reason, it is usually easier to keep the aggressiveness on top of things.
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Bluffing is all about acting and betting you might say that is completely unrelated to the actual position of condition of the player. By way of example, if your player has bad hand, but he still wager in ways like he or she has worth keeping, it implies that they are bluffing. A new player with strong hands pretending to be a weaker opponent is another method to bluff. Being unpredictable is one of the how to beat your opponents hanging around. As soon as you let them you analyze your hands per hour, your end can be near soon.
In addition to poker rules and poker strategies, it's also advisable to gain some idea about poker tips. Once you play online poker online, it is quite imperative that you be patient and make your cool. Along with, its also wise to find out about your opponents by analyzing their hands per hour. When you master these products, it is possible to certainly get yourself an authority of internet poker games.
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My lovely friend Elson Alvarez, former CCC enrollee and LEM, was interviewed by Arizona Highways for an article on the CCC, just out in the March 2013 issue. I was fortunate enough to be able to set up the interview and then be there to hear his stories--I've heard them many times but never tire of hearing them and spending time with him. He speaks very highly of his CCC days, and based on the wonderful person he is, it's reasonable to assume that he derived a lot of good from his time in the CCC. The Table of Contents for the magazine is at http://www.arizhwys.com/newsstands/contents.asp
Along with Elson's stories, the article has an overview of the history of the CCC and some lovely photos.
Postings on the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in Southern Arizona and on the history of the CCC in general. The CCC was a federal program during the 1930s and 1940s to employ young men in conservation projects throughout the country. In Southern Arizona, they worked on soil conservation, range management, forest maintenance, and development of public parks.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
The Boys Tell Their Stories
I'm preparing a paper and a presentation for the 2013 Arizona History Convention, to be held in April in Las Cruces, NM, on the camp newspapers entitled "The Boys Tell Their Stories." As we lose the CCC enrollees and their voices are silenced, these newspapers and the stories the CCC boys tell in these publications become even more important. Some of the common features of the newspapers are jokes are the enrollees' love lives (real or imagined), poems (many of the enrollees obviously saw themselves as poets), and words of wisdom. Here are some tidbits I've enjoyed "listening" to:
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can!
(Oasis, St. David, AZ)
"From a Longer Term to a Rookie," by Chester Watkins.
What's the matter bud? You've been griping a lot these last few days. Don't let this place get you down. You are a man now. So why not take things as they are handed to you—do that to the best of your ability. Here if you take advantage of the educational o9pportuniteis offered you, the practical experience and the opportunities of making many friends, you will profit in the end. It is a good old world after all. (The Live Oak, Nogales, AZ)
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I praise the Lord my clothes to keep.
They were issued me to keep warm,
I know they take them but mean no harm.
So, if my clothes from me they take,
I hope I die before I awake. (Basil Brand, 3840 News, Patagonia, AZ)
"Tommie Gavagen says he is going to take his bed with him next time he goes to Phoenix. When he came home the other day, the boys in barracks four had removed the springs that held the mattress, and put strings instead." (The Veteran, Madera Canyon, AZ)
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The 2013 CCC Recognition Day flyer is available here
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On this day, exactly 3 years ago (Nov. 5, 2013), Eminem released his eighth studio album The Marshall Mathers LP 2. It serves as a sequel to The Marshall Mathers LP released back in 2000. The album features guest appearances from singers Skylar Grey, Rihanna, Nate Ruess, Sia and the rapper Kendrick Lamar.
Commercial Performance
In the United States, MMLP2 debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, selling more than 793,000 copies in its first week, becoming the second-biggest debut of 2013 and the second-largest sales week of the year, only behind the debut of Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience, which bowed at number one with 968,000 in March. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 logs the sixth-biggest sales week of the past five years. The album also marks Eminem's seventh No. 1 album. In its second week the album dropped to number two, selling 210,000 more copies. In its third week the album returned to number one on the Billboard 200, selling 120,000 more copies. The album sold 1,727,000 copies in the United States in 2013, making it the second best-selling album of the year. As of April 2015, the album has sold 2,244,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen Soundscan.
In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, selling over 143,000 copies, becoming Eminem's seventh consecutive No. 1 album in the UK. By achieving such a feat, Eminem became the first American act to score seven consecutive UK Number 1 albums and is now on par with The Beatles in second place for the most chart-topping UK albums in a row. The album was the best-selling album of 2013 in Canada, with over 242,000 units sold. In Australia, the album debuted at atop the ARIA Albums Chart, with only three days of chart sales, becoming his seventh No. 1 album in the country. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 finished 2013 with 3.8 million copies sold worldwide. By November 2016, the album sold 7.5 Million copies Worldwide.
The Marshall Mathers LP was #1 album in 84 countries, including United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and almost every European countries. It went 4x Platinum in Canada, 3x Platinum in the United States, 2x Platinum in Australia, United Kingdom and Poland, Platinum in Austria, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Sweden and Switzerland. It went Gold in Belgium, Italy and Mexico.
Critical Reception
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 has received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72, based on 33 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews."
Closing out the year, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 was ranked in multiple "Albums of the Year" lists. XXL named it the second best album of the year. Complex ranked the album number six, on their list of the 50 best albums of 2013, Music critic Robert Christgau named it the seventh best album of 2013 in his year-end list for The Barnes & Noble Review. Digital Spy placed it at number 14 on their list of the best albums of 2013. It was placed at number 24 on Rolling Stone's list of the 50 best albums of 2013. Spin also ranked it at number 28 on their list of the 50 best albums of 2013. It was also listed at number 48 on the PopMatters list of the best albums of 2013. It was positioned at number 64 on MusicOMH's list of the top 100 of the year.
The album won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 57th Grammy Awards and Top Rap Album at the Billboard Music Awards. MMLP2 was also nominated for Album of The Year at BET Hip-Hop Awards.
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If you've been wondering where Microsoft stands on SOA, there's no need to wonder. Microsoft outlined precisely its SOA strategy this week at its fifth SOA and Business Process Management (BMP) conference.
And, fittingly enough, the star of the show was Don Ferguson, according to this account by Judith Hurwitz, the CEO of Hurwitz & Associates, who attended the event.
Ferguson made headlines last year after leaving IBM, where he held a coveted IBM fellow position and was renowned for his work on the WebSphere application server.
Now he's a Microsoft fellow, and a big part of his work has been helping Microsoft figure out how to offer interoperability in heterogeneous IT divisions, or what some might call the "real world."
Hurwitz apparently liked what she heard from Microsoft about its SOA strategy and discusses what she sees as four key issues in Microsoft's SOA strategy announcement.
In particular, she seemed to approve of Microsoft's plans to make modeling and model-driven development a major component of its SOA/BPM strategy -- a move that could help developers and business users get on the same page.
This plan is code-named Oslo, according to an e-Week report, which focused its coverage on this aspect of Microsoft's SOA strategy, as well as related SOA offerings from partners. Computerworld also looks at Project Oslo, but focuses more on how it fits in with Microsoft's software-as-a-service strategy.
Microsoft has not had an easy time with SOA, at least when it comes to the analysts and trade press. From questions such as "Does Microsoft get SOA" to claims it's trying to make a proprietary SOA solution, the company's taken a bit of a beating.
But then again, when you're as big as Microsoft, you can take a few hard hits in the ring and still come out a champ.
Coinciding with the conference, Microsoft also relaunched its SOA website. The Microsoft employee blog, All About Interop, posted about the redesign and acknowledged that Microsoft has dropped the ball on communicating about SOA as a business-enabler.
In the past, the post notes, Microsoft focused too much on the technology, but the company now promises to do a better job of communicating Microsoft's SOA strategy to customers.
Better late than never, I suppose.
How will Microsoft support SOA? vnunet and Network Computing report Microsoft will take the following steps:
Of course, there are already criticisms of Microsoft's approach to SOA. Ron Schmeltzer, a senior analyst with Zapthink, took issue with Microsoft's use of closed standards and proprietary interfaces, saying it ignored the fundamentals of SOA. He told vnunet:
They are not playing ball with anybody else playing the SOA game. The core Microsoft customer base will be excited. For them it's a strong step forward. But enterprise architects with a heterogeneous architecture will say: 'I'll wait until it's open standards based.'
I suspect this rash of articles and commentaries are only a small starter sampler of what will be published on Project Oslo and Microsoft's SOA strategy. Stay tuned...
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Scott Philip
Scott is an acclaimed chef and restaurateur, whose career has taken all him across America, and in 2001 opened the Hurricane Café in Juno Beach, Fl. Growing up on a farm in Missouri, he learned about growing fresh vegetables and picking fruit in the orchard for the family dinner. He first found his way to the kitchen when he was 15 years old working as a busboy. One day the manager handed him a case of eggs and said you're now our new breakfast cook. Turns out, Scott loved cooking. He loved being creative and watching people enjoy a great meal. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America with numerous accolades under his belt, he prides himself on being able to add simple twists to classical cooking and give diners a remarkable experience.
Rick Opton
Rick is an accomplished sales executive and business owner with a career that spans from hospitality to fitness with digital marketing in the mix. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts where he majored in French, Rick has led a life of example, cycling his way around the world, competing as a World Champion Masters Division Ultimate Frisbee player and maintaining a lifelong commitment to sports and fitness. Throughout his career, he has capitalized on his entrepreneurial spirit, always looking for new and better ways to do things. Rick also values family and community, which he has exemplified as owner of Loggerhead Fitness, recently awarded Small Business of the Year by the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce.
Wayne Howey
Wayne is an award-winning chef with a fire for food perfection. Growing up on a farm in South Jersey, where his family had a produce stand in the front yard, he has always had a love of food preparation and presentation. Wayne was trained under a master executive chef at Bally's Park Place Casino & Hotel, and has since worked as a professional chef, most recently at Annie's Vintage Gourmet Market. He is also a health food consultant and owner of Tropical Island Gourmet Company, a distributor of gourmet hot sauce products. He has always believed in finding ways to make food taste better while still being healthier and clean. He says, "Freshness, appearance, taste, texture, aroma and passion must come together to make each dish a home run."
Stephanie Brust
Stephanie is the quintessential nutritionist and health coach for Fresh Nation because her background is not just about food. A licensed and registered dietitian with a Masters degree in Dietetics and Nutrition, she is also a certified personal trainer by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). She offers a comprehensive approach to helping people get healthier, while also specializing in weight loss, increased energy and food sensitivities. Stephanie is motivated to empower others to look and feel better. She has always desired to be part of something bigger and special for the community, something with a strong purpose. And that's Fresh Nation.


text: Once-over-lightly profiles of more than two score spies, code-breakers, defectors, moles, and saboteurs who've engaged in the intelligence trade during the 20th century. While the list of men and women in the author's gallery of rogues is somewhat arbitrary, it affords a representative sampling of those whose covert activities ""directly affected the fate of empires, nations, or history itself."" For example, Volkman (Secret Intelligence, 1989; The Heist, 1986, etc.) offers brief, authoritative dossiers on such storied figures as Anthony Blunt, Whittaker Chambers, Eric Erickson (the so-called counterfeit traitor), Klans Fuchs, Igor Gouzenko, Oleg Penkovsky, H.A.R. (Kim) Philby, Richard Sorge, Herbert Yardley, and Margareta Zelle (better known as Mata Hari). He also reviews the exploits of less familiar operatives, including George Blake (the original Manchurian candidate), Eliyahu Cohen (Israel's short-lived man in Damascus), Leiba Domb (conductor of WW II's Red Orchestra), Rudolf Roessler (aka Luey, for his Lucerne base), and Wilhelm Wassmuss (the German Lawrence). Covered as well are the coldblooded organization-men who ran whole services or significant networks -- the likes of Lavreati Beria (KGB), Claude Dansey (MI6's Z Ring), Reinhard Heydrich (SD), Gabor Peter (the Stalinist head of Hungry's secret police), K'ang Sheng (Mao's security chief), Gestapo boss Heinrich Mueller (who may have gone over to the Soviets just before V-E Day), intrepid William Stephenson (Winston Churchill's favorite spook), and the shadowy Markus Wolf (East Germany's HVA). Last but not least, the author focuses on literary lights who did undercover work at some point in their careers -- Ian Fleming, Graham Greene, Ernest Hemingway, Somerset Maugham. Cloak-and-dagger buffs may quarrel about their favorite omissions, but Volkman's short-take files afford general readers an consistently absorbing and informative introduction to key players in the espionage game.


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Miller Memorial Blood Center had 12 bloodmobile days in April.
Participating groups included Allentown Schoolmen's Club, 45 pints; Spirax Sarco, 64 pints and the Wind Gap area, 99 pints.
Also hosting mobiles were the Slatington area, 77 pints; Allentown municipal Workers, 141 pints; Muhlenberg College, 56 pints; First Presbyterian Church, 92 pints, and Allentown Area Lutheran Parish, 62 pints. Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. hosted three days with a total collection of 332 pints.


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Campbellsville Independent Schools will host a developmental cheerleading league for girls in kindergarten through fifth grade.
Those eligible to participate are students attending Campbellsville Independent Schools or Kentucky Christian Academy.
Players will meet two times each week, one day for practice and on Sunday afternoons for games.
Campbellsville High School cheerleading coaches Lisa Wiseman and Nikki Price will coordinate the league, along with CHS cheerleaders.
Participants will work on fundamental skills such as jumps, motions and learning cheers.
Activities will be in the Campbellsville Middle School multi-purpose room and CHS gymnasium.
Participants will be grouped based on age, grade and ability level.
Those interested can sign up on Tuesday, Nov. 7, from 5 to 6 p.m. or Thursday, Nov. 9, from 6 to 7 p.m. at the CHS gym.
Cost is $35 per participant and each will receive a T-shirt and secondary insurance coverage. Cost for two participants in the same family will be $60.
Checks should be made payable to CHS Cheer.
An application is available by clicking here.
Application forms are also available online at www.cvilleathletics.com and on the CIS Facebook Page.
For more information, call Wiseman or Price at (270) 465-4561.


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|Yin or Yang, it's context dependent
to discuss about the Yin and Yang of our diet
on my blog,
but in the past ten years,
I have been delaying it.
Simply, it's a not an easy topic to clarify everything
over a few articles
it's difficult to simplify many 'bulky' concepts on blog series
for the ease of digestion by readers...
But I think I should try and see what happens here.
Should this series of blog posts do not make enough sense,
please do attend The Veg Nutrition Courses in Singapore or in Kuala Lumpur
where Yin and Yang Concept of Food is discussed in great depth :)
What is Yin and Yang?
Most people reckon that
Yin and Yang are
to label things
in accordance to their traits/behaviors/functions
by the philosophy of duality.
In other words,
by Yin and Yang concept,
we categorize entities into 2 exclusive categories
which are of opposite traits/behaviors/functions.
For example,
Animals could be categorized into males and females;
Ions into Cations and Anions
pH into Alkaline and Acidic
Time into Day and Night
Up till this point,
it's very simple to comprehend,
but exactly the over-simplification of
the Yin and Yang concept,
a lot of misinformation comes by...
Misinformation I:
Static view of Yin and Yang
Yin and Yang labeling is dynamic
i.e. one thing can be Yin in one situation, but Yang in another situation,
depending on the context and the perspective we are assessing.
The labeling changes.
For example,
Durian is labeled Yang when we assess it under the context of calorie,
because it produces a lot of heat after consumption.
But, it is labeled Yin when we assess it under the context of texture
because it is soft and moist (and helps to relieve constipation).
A carrot is labelled Yin when we assess it under the context of exposure to the Sun,
because it is hidden under the ground, and never get exposed to sunlight.
But it is labelled Yang when we assess it under the context of mineral content,
because it stocks up a lot minerals which are responsible for life sustaining functions.
So, it's extremely dangerous,
if we call a thing being Yin and
decide to label it a Yin entity forever.
This misinformation causes a lot of troubles
when one decides on what to eat to balance their own body constitution.
If the Yin and Yang is assessed wrongly,
because of adopting an irrelevant context/perspective,
it will make the body condition become worse.
For instance,
a lady thinks she has a Yin body constitution,
because she always feel the lack of energy
(she can't carry heavy things, she always feels cold etc),
and would like to consume more Yang food.
She decides on eating more flowers and leaves because
she was told that flowers and leaves vegetables are Yang entities
after being exposed to the Sun.
Unfortunately, her decision will make her even more weak after consuming
the flowers and leaves vegetables,
because she assessed Yin and Yang by the irrelevant context/perspective.
What she needs to improve her body condition,
is food that will increase her life force,
food that provides the life force nutrients e.g. minerals and good fats.
Under such context, the relevant Yang foods that are high in life force,
would be grains, seeds and roots vegetables!
-- whether they are exposed to the Sun or not, is not relevant in this situation.
Many a time,
people like to debate whether a food should be labeled Yin or Yang
and persist that they are right with their labels.
They will always be right,
given their own perspectives.
But what truly matters,
is whether they adopt the relevant context/perspective when they do the labeling.
Next, we will explore another piece of misinformation of Yin and Yang concept,
and it is going to get messier! -.-
Happy digesting,
Kee Yew
I# Yin Yang
{Learning Holistic Wellness for Wisdom and Compassion}


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Garbage, garburators and laziness hot topics at DNV waste workshop
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I think Richard 'did the right thing', agree with Alan that installation of garburators should be 'prohibited', and agree with Robin that Roger is 'lazy'.
I find it difficult to believe that with today's technology we are unable to provide food and takeout containers that would breakdown in the environment within a very short period.
If it is not convenient to recycle then most will not, container type #6 is an example.
Often you need a magnifying glass to read the container type any reason why the labelling is so small?
Talk trash is another example of green washing courtesy of local government.
The "bin area" of my condo complex is always a mess. Even right after pickup. The major garbage bin is often replaced incorrectly so you can't get to the containers bin. And the entire area is filthy.
The bin for newspapers is often full of other types of paper.
The containers bin is always full of plastic bags.
I don't think this system is working.
I know exactly what you mean, it's the same in the "bin area" of my complex.
Awhile ago a then stata council member (me) in my condo complex tabled an idea to introduce a composting program with the landscape contractor, but it was voted down by the council siting pest problems. There's alot of organic material that gets garburated which could be composted and if nothing else used in the gardens of the complex.
A sub contractor made money installing 122 garburators when the the complex was built - end of story. They're more trouble than there worth. I don't plan on replacing my garburator if it stops working. I agree with Clr. Nixon that they should be prohibited.
Could somebody give us some info on garburators? I have one and I always thought it was good to get rid of onion skins, etc.
Am I wrong?
An installed garbage disposal with air switch. The clear tube conveys the air that activates the switch
A garbage disposal unit or waste disposal unit is a device, usually electrically powered, installed under a kitchen sink between the sink's drain and the trap which shreds food waste into pieces small enough—generally less than 2 mm (0.079 in)—to pass through plumbing.[1]
Garbage disposal units are widely used in North American households, but far less commonly used elsewhere. In Canada, they are commonly called garburators.
They're one of the fastest ways to clog your plumbing with a buildup of fats/grease and should be banned.
I read somewhere to put lemon juice down. Then put down ice to make the blades sharp.
Also, just put down fruits and veggies and tea leaves, and coffee grinds, nothing else.
Then they are good.
When I moved in to my new condo the new home orientation I had instructed me to run cold water NOT HOT WATER down the garburator drain regularily to solidify and release any grease deposits.
I have had no problems with my garburator, but I just think that the organic waste could be composted. You do have to be careful what you put down a garburator. Use common sense. Only soft type organics waste. One bad example is corn on the cob husks - bad idea.
Forks, spoons, and knives have uncanny way of going down the garburator and burning it out. Why I don't choose to have one. An expensive waste (no pun intended)


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One of the things that irritated me the most about Sarah Palin – among a long list of various twitches and annoyances that plagued the face and intellect of the former GOP rising star – was the rape kit scandal. Under her reign as a mayor, the city of Wasilla, AK, upheld a rule forcing rape victims to pay for their own kit (which price could go up to $1,000). Said kit contains all the necessary medical and procedurial examinations that could lead to the instruction of the crime and, hopefully, the prosecution of the rapist. Cashing in on one's traumatic experience was one trait of Sarah Palin's total disregard for women's rights – despite being a woman herself – and the utter cynism lying in banking benefits in the state holding the record rate of rape per year (mostly targeting native american women, to add a sinister spin to the horror). Alaska also being the only state with an excedent budget, there was not even any pathetically capitalist excuse to rank money in from any source available.
If you think this story is revolting and morally bankrupt, brace yourself for the following.
Halliburton, Dick Cheney's company and its subbranch, KBR, were once contracted to work for the United States government in Iraq. Halliburton is the main private contractor allowed on Iraqi soil throughout US occupation thanks to a seven-figure contract with a specific clause of exclusivity. Halliburton, the monster of the military-industrial complex President Eisenhower warned us against in his 1961 address, is not just a symbol of the capitalization of war, it is also upholding degrading values among its employees – values that are now being politically accepted among Republicans.
Last year, a KBR employee was raped by several other colleagues. Here is the story as reported by Republicans For Rape (see below):
KBR contractors drugged and gang-raped a co-worker, Jamie Leigh Jones, in Iraq, anally and vaginally, suffering genital mutilation. She woke up bleeding from both orifices. After she was examined by a doctor, the evidence was handed back to KBR, where the rape-kit, photos, and notes disappeared. She was then locked in a shipping container, where eventually a guard gave her a cell phone to call for help. Agents were called at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, where they took Jamie out of KBR custody. The rape-kit was later recovered, but the photos and notes were gone, essentially letting the rapists go free.
Halliburton being an Iraq contractor, the infamous patriotic rhethoric we have been spoon-fed ad nauseam has been applied in this situation: those employees are not your average rapist – they are real American patriots fighting for freedom and civil rights in Iraq, risking their lives for their brothers. Not for their sisters, who they rape with complete immunity.
Senator Al Franken (D – Minn.) has taken upon himself to amend the Defense Appropriations Bill in an effort to stop the ensuing madness and inhumane, cruel treatment inflicted on that woman and perhaps others on Iraq bases and elsewhere, places where the United States is no longer relying on its Army to carry the dirty job of overthrowing governments with no precise plan in mind. Halliburton might be the number one private contractor serving in Iraq, but its employees are American citizens working on American bases and therefore submitted to American law. Not only should these employees be prosecuted and sentenced the way they would have been in the motherland, paying for the horror they inflicted upon a colleague, but Halliburton should also be held responsible for not directly reporting its employees to the authorities, tampering with evidence, and ultimately blatantly violating the laws enforced by the very government they are working with. Senator Franken added a clause that companies that would feel impervious to criminal law in Halliburton fashion would see their contract with the US government terminated. It is already enough to have gotten themselves in the quicksand mess that is Iraq without having to hire raping mercenaries as freewheelin' field help on top of everything else. The amendment proposed to the 2010 Defense Appropriations Bill has been defended by Franken:
The constitution gives everybody the right to due process of law … And today, defense contractors are using fine print in their contracts do deny women like Jamie Leigh Jones their day in court. … The victims of rape and discrimination deserve their day in court [and] Congress plainly has the constitutional power to make that happen.
As Rachel Maddow implied during her coverage of the scandal, Al Franken's proposed bill is not groundbreaking moral politics. It's not extraordinary, unusual or postmodern attitude towards the rule of war. Actually, it has nothing to do with the war in itself. This is pure common sense. This is simple law enforcement. This is what should have been done without Al Franken having to come at the stand. KBR's presence becoming a liability to the United States government should not have raised any questions as to whether KBR is a reliable representative of the United States in Baghdad.
You can count on the Republican Party, 2009 grand cru, for being more outlandish and absolutely non-sensical than it was the year before.
Several senators – check the list below – have decided to vote against Franken's bill. Their excuse? Halliburton is fighting the good war, and is extremely profitable to the United States government. The US Chamber of Commerce has also decided to battle against Franken's amendment in order to "protect business interests". KBR can not be blamed for a few bad apples. You have to give them credit for being consistent in their double-standard approach to crime: when two ACORN employees are suddenly bringing the entire organization down nationwide, Republicans are setting the house on fire for matters of principles, of morality, of professional ethics, and their fight against socialism. When Dick Cheney's money maker and warmongerering company is raping its own employees then holding them hostage so they wouldn't file a complaint, they are only behaving as slightly distraught patriots would, and it should not reflect on the company at all. The sad thing about it is that it was terribly predictable. In a climate of economic uncertainty and moral failure, one can only wish that the Republican Party would step up to the plate and fight for ideologies that do not imply the downfall of the little bits of humanity and dignity people have left. Instead they gleefully trample over the very foundations of the rule of law and humanity just to add a little more zeroes after their already overinflated bonuses.
Republicans For Rape, a satirical mock-organization aiming at denouncing the thirty Senators going against rape victims, has listed all the senators voting against Franken's bill, thus asking for immunity in case of rape. Feel free to contact them, especially if you are a registered Republican Party member, to tell them that crimes against one person, in a situation as traumatic and serious as rape, should never be overlooked. No rapist should be exempted of punishment for the simple reason they are working for another criminal (here's to you, Cheney).


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You cannot imagine how much pleasure it gives me to finally be writing this blog post…..a LONG time in coming…..but so worth it! I apologize for the long wait, I have been struggling after having endured two lots of reconstructive surgery which is not over yet so the whole Indaba has had to be scheduled in between my surgery schedule for the year!
Thank you to those many readers who filled in the survey form, enabling us to hear what YOU want and to make changes and plans wherever possible to accommodate your wishes.
I am finally here to announce that the next South African Food and Wine Blogger Indaba will be taking place on Sunday 24 June 2012. Please don't go to the booking page yet and try to book as it has not been activated yet for this year. It still has last years information on it.
A fabulous new sponsor has come on board this year (not entirely new as they sponsored the lovely bright aprons in our goodie bags last year at the last moment and their magazine Fresh Living has appeared in the bags as well since inception of the Indaba) and I would like to give a very warm welcome to Pick n Pay, our headline sponsor for the 2012 Indaba
The Indaba will be held in The Conference Centre at
Pick n Pay Office Park
101 Rosmead Ave
Cape Town
I am busy thrashing out an agenda, topics that will interest you all, speakers and other stuff to bring you an event that is much bigger and better than ever before…and of course that includes sponsors for the event, goodie bags and prizes. I am trying very hard to include some awesome new workshops as well as some similar to those that we had last year including writing and photography and food styling. Would a hands on workshop in the cookery school kitchen interest you? Would food dems and talks in the demonstration kitchen be of interest to foodies? I am so sure they would! Well, I am trying to get this organized for this years Indaba and as soon as I have more to announce on that front I will be back to tell you!
Confirmed speakers this year already include Jeanne Horak-Druiff (aka old Indaba friend and the lovely Cooksister!) who will jet in from London for the event and Sarah Graham, food blogger A Foodie Lives Here and published cook book author of the cook book "Bitten" who hails these days from Johannesburg. I will profile each of the speakers in the coming weeks.
Taste of Cape Town is another old friend of the Indaba and have once again joined the list of sponsors and I am giving away, on this post, two lots of double tickets to the Taste of Cape Town that is happening 19-22 April at Green Point Cricket Oval! All you have to do to stand in line to win these is to leave a comment on this post. The first two commentors from Cape Town will win the tickets. This is an awesome event that showcases 14 of Cape Town's top restaurants and you can nibble your way through all the delicious little bites that they prepare for the event. The prize is for entry only and does not include the booklet of crowns that are required to pay for your chosen meals.
As soon as I have finalized costing of all expenses I will announce the price of tickets and the ticket sales will open. Please be aware that there is limited seating as the auditorium (yes there is an auditorium this year 🙂 ) only has a maximum of 130 seats.
So don't wait till the last minute to book. You will surely be disappointed!
Looking forward to sharing more with you next week,


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You have awakened my sleeping soul.
Before you, my life was God's most cruel farce,
You have taught me to fight till I reach my goal.
You have come into my life like a titanic wave of the sea,
Flooding all my senses ; compelling to surrender.
Your soft, soothing voice makes me happy and glee,
As your simple touch makes me shine with splendor.
Your presence sprays the ethereal aroma of love
That transports me to the unforeseen world of romantic dreamland.
You inspire me to grow strong and never be a mourning dove.
As being with me forever is your only demand.
Your reassuring smile settles all my grief and strife,As you seem to be the sole pole star of my life.


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You are powerful beings, and when you do not exercise your power, you don't take it very well.
- When you're not loving you don't take it very well because you are a lover!
- When you are feeling out of balance, you don't take it very well because you are enormously balanced beings, and when you don't thrive you don't take it very well, because you are meant to thrive, and at the core of your being you are a stable basis of knowledge and well-being and when you deviate it because of the ATTENTION TO ONE THING OR ANOTHER, you don't take it well.
Friends, you're not supposed to do well in the feeling of negative emotion.
Negative emotion is your indicator that you are out of balance. Doesn't it give you relief to know that you don't have to modify the behavior of your wife to feel better?
Doesn't it give you relief to realize that you don't have to change the world in order to see the world the way you want it to be?
Isn't it reassuring to you to understand that life is good and getting better?
Negative emotion means you've expanded and you're not letting yourself go! We always put the emphasis on the 'you've expanded part' ....Art of allowing is letting yourself be by deliberate choice of your thoughts and words and behavior, it's letting yourself be a closer match to who you really become. And when you are not doing that, you want to blame everybody, because it just feels rotten to not be who you really are. But don't lay it on their doorstep.
It's an inside job - it's a vibrational job - it's an attitude job - it's a mood-able job - it's an energy job - it's a I wanna feel better job,.... it's an I can control how I feel job!
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Sprint Installs Multiple Roll Systems On High-Speed IBM Infoprint 4100S
Thursday, April 15, 2004
Press release from the issuing companyBurlington, MA (April 14, 2004) - Roll Systems pre- and post-processing systems have been installed recently at three Sprint data centers on IBM Infoprint 4100 HD3/HD4 high-speed digital printers. Sprint, the global communications provider, has installed more than twenty Roll systems combined in their Lenexa, Kansas; Rancho Cordova, California; and Apopka, Florida locations. Sprint purchased a full spectrum of Roll continuous printer solutions, including TwoUp with descending stacker, Separate/Fold and Roll-to-Fold Systems. The largest portion of Sprint's purchase consisted of Roll's new high speed Roll-to-Roll Systems and accompanying Inserter Unwinders. The Rewinder module of Roll-to-Roll features recent enhancements to allow the operator to switch between applications with virtually no adjustments, to provide more consistent rewinding tension for high quality rolls and to simplify thread-up. Roll-to-Roll permits unattended printing for hours, and Inserter Unwinders bring unwinding benefits to the mailroom, for problem-free feeding of inserters or other finishing equipment.
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I finally seized the opportunity to see Edward Tufte deliver his one-day workshop Presenting Data and Information. Due to his rockstar reputation, I had some overblown expectations—something more theatrical, with flashy graphics, head stands, perhaps a light show? I spent the first two hours feeling a bit let down until I realized how antipodal his message is to the marketing flash of someone like Seth Godin. Tufte's presentation is all about delivering substantive content that is cognitively engaging—an approach that he modeled expertly, sans bells and whistles. While I had overestimated Tufte's histrionics, he did not underestimate my (his audience's) intelligence.
The workshop is directed more toward those in the business world who need to present data and information to address engineering problems, inform budget decisions, and the like. However, I found a couple of take-aways for trainer-facilitators.
1. The Super Graphic (or Return of the Handout)
There is a tendency (especially in online learning) to reduce data and information to a minimal amount per screen, or to stretch data sets out over a series of screens. This is driven necessarily by the compact pixel real estate of the computer monitor, but the outcome is to shrink information toward meaninglessness or to confound the viewer's cognitive ability to make comparisons and draw conclusions by scattering the inputs and forcing super-human acts of memorizing.
Enter the SUPER GRAPHIC! This is a printed, efficiently annotated graphic, dense with data, legal size or larger, that allows the learner to scan the entirety of an information set, make comparisons from proximal visual, numerical and textual information, and derive informed, self-propelled conclusions. This kind of information presentation could/should accompany most online training. Many courses include downloadable handouts of resources as more of an addendum than an integral part of the learning. Why not design a course around a super graphic, using the online portion to direct the learner's attention, inject probing questions, and allow interactions to demonstrate the successful intake of knowledge?
2. Give the learner time to think
Several times during the workshop, Tufte asked the audience to study a data set or super graphic in one of his books, which we all had stacked in front of us. And then he stopped talking. Attention was not focused on the stage but on the pages of our books. There were some low murmurs of people sharing observations but the room of 400+ was otherwise quiet. This went on for five minutes—an eternity of "dead air" in broadcast parlance.
This was an aha! moment for me. Not only is it okay to give learners some studying-thinking time during instruction, it empowers them to absorb, reflect, and contribute to the formation of knowledge. It allows real learning to take place. Isn't that more important than filling up every second of audio space?
Do I recommend going to see Tufte's presentation next time he's in your neighborhood? Sure! Yes, you can buy all the books for approximately half the price of the workshop, but you would miss the directed tour through the material and you would miss Tufte's modeling of effective delivery.


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It's our going home day and it sucks!
It's our going home day and it sucks!
Love your video reports. Thanks for taking the time to post them
Thanks for watching Sue... more to come. You can subscribe to us on Youtube so you won't miss any as we're doing a ton of Florida bitesize videos
It's always so sad when I have to watch your last day video! I love the music that you pair with your videos, it's just perfect. I see that you're going to be in WDW in November and so will I! I'm actually going with my husband and two grown daughters the end of October to celebrate my birthday but then I'll be back from November 10-16th with three friends. I'd love just to meet up to say hi if possible in one of the parks if our dates overlap.


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"Tennessee's Green City"
601 E. Main St.
Johnson City, TN 37601
(423) 434-6000
M. Denis Peterson, City Manager
Charles Stahl IV, Assistant City Manager
Robert Wilson, Assistant City Manager
Administration consists of the offices of the city manager, assistant city managers, and budget manager. The Board of Commissioners appoints a city manager to serve as the CEO under its leadership to oversee operations of the government within the guidelines of the City Charter. The city manager has the responsibility of implementing policies established by the Board of Commissioners by enforcing all adopted resolutions and ordinances.
The two assistant city managers, each responsible for different divisions/departments, serve as support to the city manager in managing day-to-day operations.
The budget manager is charged with preparing revenue estimates, reviewing historical expenditure data, assisting departments in developing budget requests, and working
with the city manager to prepare the annual budget.
City of Johnson City, Tennessee ©
Municipal & Safety Building
601 E. Main Street
Johnson City, Tennessee 37601


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Question: My two daughters suffer from allergies and asthma. When we remodel next year, we need to end up with cleaner indoor air. What should we do?
Answer: My first thought is that you should not live there during the remodel. Even with control measures, construction dust will infiltrate your house.
Drywall dust is the worst. One Manhattan Beach homeowner I visited developed long-lasting breathing problems during a massive remodel.
You also should think about minimizing pollutants that will get trapped inside the house, especially during winter, when windows tend to stay closed.
Until fairly recently, indoor air pollutants were considered a limited phenomenon. But two basic changes in construction techniques have altered this. Nowadays, thousands of pest- and rot-ridding chemicals are being incorporated into building materials. Also, as a result of the energy crisis of the 1970s, buildings are now sealed tightly.


text: Hi all. Newbie here, and I'd appreciate some help. I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 on T-Mobile. It is running Android 4.04. My Hosted Exchange provider is GoDaddy. I've noticed that it appears that my emails are not being downloaded when the phone is "sleeping." I don't get my emails until I "wake" the phone by pushing a button. This happens when the phone is in regular/4G mode (not when it's on wifi). Obviously not getting email is a serious concern for me, as most of the time the phone is simply in my pocket and I don't use it until I make a call or hear a notification beep. I'm hoping there's a setting that will allow me to receive emails on a timely basis even if the phone is in sleep mode. Thanks for your help! Scott


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Becoming a lupus expert...over time.
Breaking up the task, in the name of lupus
Drug Surplus? Join DEA's Rx Take Back Day.
Letting the word "No" roll off my lupus tongue.
Uncomfortably numb: Reason #241 for using Peapod
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The Pillbag Facebook page has launched!
Making the emotional investment...to live well!
Nick Cannon - joining the club!
My football career...down the drain.
Lupus Fundraiser in Alexandria, VA - 4/16/12 - Mark your calendars
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|South Maple Street Bridge
New for Connecticut, anyway.
This bridge was built in a factory in several locking pieces before it was brought to this site and assembled in place. The masonry at both ends of the bridge is a facade, molded into the concrete when it was poured on a factory floor. It's steel reinforced concrete through and through. This is the first bridge in the state to be entirely prefabricated offsite.
|Old South Maple Street Bridge
There was a shuttle bus between the Enrico Fermi High School and the Powder Mill Barn; those wishing to see the bridge when there isn't a race going on can likely park at Powder Mill Barn. There is also some parking at Powder Hollow Park, immediately adjacent and on the other side of the river. Plenty of family friendly hiking trails, and be sure to bring your dog. Everyone else does!


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Beautiful Collioure villa with pool
Beautiful Collioure villa with pool
The space
Our villa is ideally located close to all amenities and just a short easy walk from Collioure's Restaurants, beaches and culture. The main part of the villa has 3 bedrooms which sleeps six and the fourth bedroom is in a loft apartment which is at pool level. There is a sofa bed in the living area of the loft apartment(not usually made up as there is an abundance of beds) or a single bed can be moved into that area from the bedroom, should anyone need more privacy
The Grand Terrace is like a giant outdoor room. A fantastic cocktail and dining area after a glorious day sunbathing there or at pool level. It's very peaceful watching the sun set, listening to the dusk birdsong and gazing at the night sky ablaze with the moon and stars. A little peace of Heaven!
Air conditioning
Cable TV
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Second Location
I am starting to accept insurance through a group practice, Mindful Therapy Group. I will be working out of their offices a couple of afternoons a week. Please contact Mindful Therapy Group for details on using insurance. Their number is 425-640-7009, extension 1.
I am currently paneled with Premera, Regence, and GroupHealth/Kaiser through Mindful Therapy Group, with more insurances to follow.


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FIFA President Gianni Infantino has proposed an expanded World Cup tournament involving 48 teams, Reuters reports.
The present World Cup format has 32 teams but Infatino promised to expand it to 40 teams as part of his election campaign.
However, he suggested that 16 of those teams would go home after just one knockout match, and the remainder of the tournament would be played, as now, with a 32-team group stage, followed by a knockout phase.
Infantino, speaking during an event at Bogota's Sergio Arboleda university, said a final decision would be taken by the FIFA Council in January, Colombian media reported.
"These are ideas to find the best solution, we will debate them this month and we will decide everything by 2017," Infantino was quoted as saying. "They are ideas which we put forward to see which one is the best."
Infantino said his suggestion was to have a preliminary knockout round involving 32 teams played in the host country, with the 16 winners reaching the group stage. A further 16 seeded teams would get a bye into the group stage, he said.
"The idea is that 16 teams would qualify directly to the group stage and the other 32 would play in a preliminary phase, in the country where the World Cup is being played – they would play for the remaining 16 places," he said.
"It means we continue with a normal World Cup for 32 teams, but 48 teams go to the party.
"FIFA's idea is to develop football in the whole world, and the World Cup is the biggest event there is," he added. "It's more than a competition, it's a social event."
Infantino was elected FIFA chief on Feb. 26 to replace Sepp Blatter, who received a six-year ban for ethics violations.


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Small and medium sized businesses' (SMBs) increasing adoption of cloud-based enterprise technology is transforming the way they compete with larger firms, enter new markets, and drive higher levels of productivity and innovation. Australian SMBs have been quick to embrace the democratisation of technology, with IDC forecasting SMBs will increase expenditure on IT hardware, software and services by more than a $100 billion over the next four years.
Despite the increase in cloud and digital technology adoption, the majority of SMBs continue to face barriers when it comes to executing digital engagement and properly implementing new solutions, while managing budget constraints. For example, while IDC reports that 67% of all Australian organisations are embracing cloud, only 13% believe they have an optimised cloud strategy. Our recent The State of Salesforce Report also identified that 60% of SMBs reported improved productivity as a measurable business outcome attributed to Salesforce, yet one in three SMB employees don't believe their company is committed to constantly innovating its Salesforce organisation.
While it may seem daunting, there are many opportunities that SMBs have over bigger and more resourced businesses when it comes to implementing and managing new digital technologies.
Optimise customer experience through quality data and automation
Data is unlimited and it's everywhere. This presents both opportunities and challenges for even today's best companies. With more SMBs embarking on their digital transformation journey, they can start implementing and customising data quality measures and management from the onset (things like data consolidation, data cleansing, and data automation), to drive exceptional customer experiences and real-time service. Large enterprises are more likely to encounter complexity while converting their existing data–whether structured, unstructured, or disparate–into actionable insights and ensuring data quality.
SMBs who invest in future-proofing their data are less likely to experience substantial lag time in getting the right information, intelligence, and actions to best serve the customer. Instead, they are in a more advantageous position to spearhead innovation with the data they have to create intuitive, automated employee experiences that can power incredible customer moments.
Leverage partners that can innovate faster
Smaller businesses have the ability to change business strategy and functions much faster than larger competitors, yet implementation experience and budget constraints may hinder the process. The consulting landscape today still presents few options for SMBs, resulting in them implementing cloud platforms, like Salesforce, by themselves based on limited technology skills and expertise, or using their budgets to partner with smaller, potentially less experienced technology consultancies that may not deliver quickly or to a quality standard.
Building strategic relationships with experienced, local partners can help SMBs access capabilities that go beyond their product knowledge and support services, and advise them on how to get the most out of their IT investments while staying focused on business goals. Bluewolf recognises this need, especially for SMB clients looking to get running on Salesforce quickly. (Our latest service offering, Bluewolf Go, enables companies of all sizes to get live on Salesforce in just 30 or 60 days.)
Improve employee experience to deliver exceptional customer experience
Large companies are often bogged down with processes and antiquated management systems, making it difficult to cultivate innovation and creativity. Changing employee's attitudes and behaviours, along with inadequate training, are some of the greatest challenges when implementing new technology; most large enterprises tend to overlook this crucial human component.
Building empathy for your customers provides the critical insights needed to design better solutions that addresses their needs and desires. You need to engage your employees in the same way. SMBs have the advantage of closer proximity to their workforce and can focus on technology, services and solutions that enable their employees to become more customer-centric. By investing and continually promoting solutions that streamline employee workflows, SMBs can re-orientate their business process and engagements that put the customer at the centre.
With the right discipline, partnership and internal enablement, SMBs can better realise their digital technology investments that drive exceptional customer experiences and increase productivity, and will propel their business forward.
Aniqa Tariq is the managing director of Bluewolf Australia and New Zealand.


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As I get older, it seems more rare that I come across films that mesmerize me so much they automatically get promoted to my favorites list.
So, I'm really excited.
The film is called House.
It is a Japanese fantasy/horror film from 1977. It is considered by many critics to be one of the strangest movies ever made.
Half of the people who watch it become obsessed with it. The other half deem it unwatchable because it's just too weird.
While I agree the movie is bizarre, it is exactly that element which makes it so endearing. I don't believe it is too weird to watch at all. It has an easy-to-follow storyline and charming characters and deliciously cheesy and over-the-top special effects.
The movie is a cross between the Powerpuff Girls and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Or, what an old Disney movie would be like if it got high.
Intrigued yet?
The film revolves around seven adorable giggly teenage girls (with their own distinct personality traits, like the Spice Girls) who spend their school break at a haunted house.
Craziness, adorableness, and creepiness ensue.
The movie was a mega smash hit in Japan when it was released 35 years ago. Especially among children.
It really changed the tone for Japanese cinema at the time. The country had never seen a movie like it before. Critics weren't sure how to review it. Parents weren't sure if they wanted their kids to see it. Studio executives weren't sure if they were happy the film succeeded.
After all, the movie studio had spent the previous two years trying to put the film script on the back burner, hoping it would be forgotten.
When Nobuhiko Obayashi wrote the script earlier that decade, everyone thought it was a joke. No director in the Japanese film industry wanted to touch it.
Frustrated, Nobuhiko used social networking in order to promote his undeveloped film.
With all the hype and publicity already surrounding the script, the studio had no choice but to allow Nobuhiko to film it himself!
Most of the actors he chose were virtually unknown. But when the film was released, they became movie stars overnight.
And the film to this day remains a cult classic. House is heavily discussed in film classes. It is showcased in independent movie theaters all over the world.
If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend netflixing House.
I think everyone could use a little weird in their life.


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Culebra, Puerto Rico is a Caribbean paradise where you can feel warm sand between your toes, the touch of a cool sea breeze, and crystal-clear azure water.
It's the perfect destination for those who want to escape the cold of winter, relax and do nothing, as well as for those looking for a unique island experience that offers plenty of adventure, too.
Swim with Sea Turtles
A visit to Culebra offers an opportunity to swim with majestic Green sea turtles in the sea grass beds as you snorkel along Tamarindo beach.
Here you'll also discover unspoiled reefs and some of Culebra's finest marine flora and fauna with colorful fish, turtles, rays, star fish, and sea urchins.
Snorkeling gear is provided when you arrange a tour with Culebra Island Adventures.
Beaches, Beaches, Beaches
The beaches on Culebra are among some of the world's finest. Flamenco beach is the most popular, so with that popularity are pros and cons.
Its white sand stretches along the entire bay and it offers great snorkeling, swimming, sunbathing and a place to socialize and camp out.
There are a few places to stay right on Flamenco beach but reservations fill fast. There is also a campground office located at the entrance to Flamenco beach which provides the only campground on the island.
Tamarindo beach mentioned above is considered the best for snorkeling, but none of the beaches on Culebra will disappoint. This small, idyllic island is known for its uniquely friendly casual atmosphere.
Along with beach and water activities, the adventurous can hike through thick underbrush to visit the ruins of one of the oldest lighthouses in the Caribbean.
Just around a sandy bend from the ruins lies a slender stretch of pristine sand leading to rocky tide pools. This is Tortuga Beach.
Those ready for more exploring can rent a kayak, canoe, or take a water taxi for a day cruise to explore the coastline. It's a stunningly beautiful way to spend a day on the water.
Photo credits: Randall Weist, Jeremiah Thompson, Danterod329


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